Lot 430: Vasey (Gladys, 1889-1981). The Black Gloves

Vasey (Gladys, 1889-1981). The Black Gloves (portrait of the artist's daughter Madeleine), 1953, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 91 x 61cm (36 x 24ins), framed. Gladys Vasey (1889-1981) pursued a long and active career as a portrait artist in the tradition of John Singer Sargent, William Orpen and Augustus John. She was born in Sale, and attended art classes by William Fitz, a Polish teacher in Manchester, and was a fellow student of the young L. S. Lowry. In 1943 she moved to Llanyblodwel, near Oswestry. She exhibited regularly at the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts from 1930, as well as the Royal Cambrian Academy, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, the Society of Women Artists and elsewhere. Solo exhibitions of her work were held at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, in 1973 and 1991. Robert Meyrick, Gladys Vasey, A Retrospective Exhibition, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1991, no. 37 (illustrated in colour). This work was painted for the Diamond Jubilee Annual Spring Exhibition of Modern Art at the Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport, and subsequently at the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, 1954, Royal Cambrian Academy, 1954, and the Society of Women Artists, 1962. (1)

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