This horse portrait oil painting titled ‘Pat’ is signed by the artist, F Mabel Hollams in the lower right corner. The painting is finished with a high-quality gold frame and white slip.
Artist Biography
About F Mabel Hollams
Florence or Frances Mabel Hollams (1877–1963), who signed her work ‘F.M. Hollams’, was a popular British painter of horses and dogs, active in the first three decades of the 20th century. She is noted for her technique of painting on wood panel with no background, showing the grain of the wood.
Growing up at Dene Park in Shipbourne, she later moved to Puttenden Manor near the hamlet of Dunks Green.
Mabel studied under the artist Frank Calderdon and, at a time when most schools did not accept female students, she studied in Paris at Académie Julian.
She painted for Royalty and many aristocratic families. One of her paintings, a royal horse, hangs in the Mounted Branch Museum at Imber Court. She was also one of the first female Royal Academicians, exhibiting eight paintings, and in 1899 was elected to the Society of Women Artists.
She was married to Charles Lionel Fox, a land agent who worked for racehorse owners the Cazelet family.
Additional information
Dimensions
Painting size – 17.75" x 13.75", 45cm x 35cm
Framed size – 23.5" x 19.25", 60cm x 49cm
Type
Oil on board
Price£2,900
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