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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 7

Cat. 25 · Painting

Church By The River

Assigned title

Possibly Barbara Fleming (attribution uncertain)

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on smooth hard board surface/
Dimensions
50.5 cm × 40.5 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
No signature-? ??????
Catalogue no.
Cat. 25
Source
Catalogue, entry 25
Status
Private collection
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Description

An imposing church captured in bright sunlight with small yellow boats to foreground.

Commentary

Attribution of this painting is to Barbara Fleming. The hand is rapid, almost fleeting with small, quick, impressionistic brush strokes, a light palette and accuracy of depiction subsumed to the overall feel. The drawing in paint and thinned application suggest an in situ painting, possibly in southern France or the Mediterranean.

Attribution

Possibly Barbara Fleming (attribution uncertain).

The catalogue’s attribution is itself tentative; it is reproduced above and not resolved here.

Catalogue wording: “Barbara Fleming- no signature-? ??????”

How attributions are worded

Signature and inscriptions

No signature-? ??????

Verso

A Fleming in marker to the rear.

The reverse is marked “A Fleming” in block capitals. Many boards in the collection carry this marking, and some of them are considered to be by Barbara Fleming. The marking may record ownership rather than authorship and is not treated here as evidence of attribution.

Condition

Good condition. Some random marks to the rear of on the toothed hard board. Not varnished.

Provenance and research

Research notes

  • The title is marked [assigned] in the catalogue.

Further works

Barbara Fleming