Lot 7: PENELOPE BEATON ARSA RSW (Scottish, 1886 -1963)

PENELOPE BEATON ARSA RSW (Scottish, 1886 -1963) Tobermory-Isle of Mull watercolour signed 'Penelope Beaton' (lower right), bears title on frame (verso), watercolour 32 x 34.5cm (12 5/8 x 13 9/16in) Note : Penny Beaton studied at Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) graduating in 1917 and, after teaching at Hamilton Academy, joined the staff of ECA in 1919. During the 1930s her watercolour style was influenced by William Gillies' Expressionist approach, but during the 1940s she moved towards a more constructed manner. Her later watercolours make use of a pen-and-ink framework, coloured with rich and sonorous tones. She often worked in both Dumfries & Galloway and Iona.