Untitled (mountain and river landscape)
Maker
Annie Elizabeth Kelly
Production date
1920
Description
Better known for her portraiture than for her country scenes, Kelly is still strongly linked to the Canterbury Regional School of landscape painters. A pupil of the romantic-style painter Petrus Van der Velden (famous for his depictions of the Otira River in stormy weather), Kelly brings a subdued realism to bear in this river scene.
Her background includes study at the Canterbury College School of Art (established in 1884) and travel overseas with her husband Cecil, who was also a painter. The Kellys spent much time together drawing and painting in the Canterbury landscape.
Annie Kelly's career is studded with achievements – works were accepted by the Royal Academy in London; she gained an Honourable Mention in the Paris Salon and won the Silver Medal for her portraiture at the Society of the French Artists in 1905.
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Object detail
685x545mm (matt)
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