Lot 1673
‡JEAN ALEXANDER (1911-1994)
A FOLIO OF SCOTTISH WATERCOLOURS
to include subjects in or near Leith, Dunbar, Aberdeen, Stirling, Aviemore and elsewhere, most signed and/or inscribed verso, all 1961 or 1976, watercolour
38 x 55.5cm and smaller (12)
* Jean Alexander was the youngest of the five children of Robert and Effie Alexander, born in Shenfield in Essex in 1911. Her mother had been a pupil of Hercules Brabazon Brabazon and the influence is clear in much of Jean's work. She studied at Chelmsford Art School from 1928-1931 and at the Slade from 1931-1935 where she met her father's friends Philip Wilson Steer and Sir George Clausen. She and Clausen occasionally worked together in the 1930's. Jean became a High School art teacher in Chelmsford until her retirement in 1970. After four years in New Zealand, she returned to live in Norfolk until her death in 1994. She showed at the NEAC, the SWA and four works at The Royal Academy (1938-1940)
