| Title | Ruins in the Forest |
| Artist | Mary McCrossan RBA (1863 or 1864
- 1934). Monogram incised Lower Left |
| Signed | Signed Lower Left |
| Medium | Oil on canvas. |
| Condition | Very Good |
| Size [Metric] | 39 x 50 cm . With Frame: 53 x 63 cm. |
| Size [Imperial] | 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. With Frame: 21 x 25 in. |
| Price | £600 |
This painting is illustrated at P.82 "George Fagan Bradshaw & the St Ives Society of Artists" by David Tovey. "No-one else sees nature quite in the same way" Mary McCrossan Born in Liverpool in either 1863 or 1864, Mary McCrossan studied in Liverpool, at Delacluse's Paris and under Olsson in St. Ives. She lived in Chelsea until 1929 when she finally moved to St. Ives. Highly regarded and with an individual style - as can be seen from this painting. It was said of her: "No-one else sees nature quite in the same way". Mary McCrossan was a member of the RBA (Royal Society of British Artists) and had some 20 paintings exhibited at the RA. |
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