British Abstract Art | Twentieth Century British Art by Rachel Reckitt: “Father and child above a harbour with Maltese Fishing Boats below, circa 1959”

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Artist Rachel Reckitt: Father and child above a harbour with Maltese Fishing Boats below, circa 1959

Artist Rachel Reckitt (1908 - 1995): Father and child above a harbour with Maltese Fishing Boats below, circa 1959

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Rachel Reckitt (1908 - 1995):
Father and child above a harbour with Maltese Fishing Boats below, circa 1959
Framed (ref: 8487)

Signed

Tempera on board

41 x 40 7/10 (104 x 78 cm)

See all works by Rachel Reckitt panel tempera Canney Abstract Art 49 pictures Rediscovering Women Artist WOMEN

Provenance: Private Collection

This painting shows luzzu traditional fishing boat from the Maltese islands

Reckitt studied wood engraving at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art in London from 1933 to 1937, where she was taught by the School's founder, Iain Macnab. Although painted in tempera, this work has all the hard-edge stylisation of a print, and stays true to the mission of the School in its rendering of ordinary subject matter with great movement and vitality.

Photograph of Rachel Reckitt in her studio