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Country of origin: England
Medium: Oil on board
Signed: Signed with fly insignia upper left
Dated: c. 1960
Size: 32.00" x 48.00" (81.3cm x 121.9cm)
Provenance: The estate of Helen Bradley
1918
Oil on panel
£1,200.00
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Figures on a Path
by Henri Duhem
1909
Oil on panel
£3,300.00
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The Artists Garden
by Henri Duhem
c. 1910
Oil on canvas
£23,000.00
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Provencher’s Mill – Moret-Sur-Loing
by Pierre Eugene Montezin
1947
Oil on canvas
£5,850.00
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La Plage a Soorts-Hossegor
by Maurice Brianchon
1881
Oil on canvas
£79,500.00
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Le peintre en plein air
by Charles Theophile Angrand
1940
Oil on canvas
£6,950.00
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Route a Mougins
by Jules Cavailles
1896
Oil on canvas
£9,950.00
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Gathering Cockles – Gravelines
by John Brett A.R.A.
c. 1880
Oil on canvas
£6,200.00
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Fishing on a stream by the coast – Normandy
by Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemet
1915
Oil on panel
£2,650.00
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The Great War – Soldier & horse on a road
by Andre Devambez
1937
Oil on original canvas
£9,950.00
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The Old Farmyard – Sørup
by Peder Mork Monsted
1903
Oil on canvas
£22,500.00
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Pont D’Austerlitz
by Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tarkhoff
1909
Oil on panel
£3,750.00
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Figures in a village
by Henri Duhem
Helen Bradley was trained in jewellery and embroidery at the local Oldham School of Art but did not start to paint her famous images of her Edwardian childhood until the age of 65. She began to paint in order to document for her granddaughter what life was like when she herself was a young girl. Some of her earliest paintings feature landscapes from across the northwest of England, and her most popular character, Miss Carter, figures in her narrative paintings. These latter were first exhibited at the Saddleworth Art Society in 1965, and then at a London exhibition in 1966, followed by a very successful exhibition at the Carter Gallery in Los Angeles in 1968. Her paintings often feature many stories and sub-stories which are a source of dispute for the titles of the paintings. These stories revolve around scenes from Oldham, Salford, Manchester, Blackpool and Southport. In 1971, Jonathan Cape published the first of four books, And Miss Carter Wore Pink. This successful book was followed by three others: Miss Carter Came With Us, In The Beginning Said Great Aunt Jane and The Queen Who Came to Tea. Helen Bradley was awarded the M.B.E. for services to the arts, but died shortly before she was due to receive her honour from the Queen.
Solo Exhibitions
1965, Saddleworth Art Gallery, Saddleworth
1966, Mercury Gallery, London
1967, Carter Gallery, Los Angeles
1973, Salford Art Gallery, Salford
1975, Oldham Art Gallery, Oldham
1989, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
1996, Harris Art Gallery, Preston
2004, Helen Bradley: Tickled Pink, Gallery Oldham, Oldham
Museum and Gallery Holdings
Bolton (AG and Mus.)
Oldham (AG)
Salford (AG)