William John Leech RHA ROI (1881 - 1968)
Window Sill
Oil on board, 46.5 x 37.5cm (18¼ x 14¾")
Signed

Provenance: The Dawson Gallery, Dublin, where purchased by Mrs Philip Feldblum

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William John Leech RHA ROI (1881 - 1968)
Window Sill
Oil on board, 46.5 x 37.5cm (18¼ x 14¾")
Signed

Provenance: The Dawson Gallery, Dublin, where purchased by Mrs Philip Feldblum

This work shows a still life on the window sill of Leech's studio at Candy Cottage. More intimate in scale than a lot of Leech's other still life works, it was painted during the final happy decade of his life. Leech finally married his lifelong partner and muse, May Botterell, in 1953, and in 1958 they bought Candy Cottage together. Candy Cottage was an idyllic Tudor-style cottage with diamond-paned mullioned windows with a pretty garden in which Leech built his new studio.

Although in his late seventies at this point, Leech continued working and he was still able to catch the light and vibrancy of colour which is evident in the current picture.

 

We thank Dr Denise Ferran whose writings on Leech formed the basis of this catalogue entry.

 

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