Celia P. Culverwell (1849-1932), Study of Beeches, Beauparc

Study of 2 magnificent beech trees, side by side in a sloping woodland. With mossy roots anchoring them and dappled golden light permeating the scene, the fleeting moment of sunlight filtered throuh russet leaves is captured. Beauparc is a Georgian house and estate on the banks of the river Boyne in County Meath. Through their connections with Trinity College, and Celia's father, who was director of the Great Northern Railway, the Culverwell family would most likely have been family friends of the owners of Beauparc, the Lambarts.

Celia Culverwell was born into a well-off and well educated Dublin family, and seemed to specialise in dreamy, beautifully executed watercolours that capture natural landscapes and trees. Growing up on North Great George's Street, and later living on Lower Lesson Street, she was well positioned to keep abreast of the artistic scene in Dublin at the end of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th century. She exhibited in Dublin and London during her lifetime, though as a person of considerable independent means, she remained an 'amateur' artist rather than a professional artist.

Dimensions excluding frame 39 x 52cm. Watercolour on paper. Signed bottom left. In its orignal rough-sawn gold-painted wooden frame and under original glass. Label to rear reads "Joseph Stanley Culverwell, Study of Beeches, Beauparc. Sylvia P. Culverwell, 41 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin'. (Jospeh Stanley Culvrwell was her nephew).

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