Ok as you are all no doubt aware it is Fifa World Cup time in Brazil and we thought we would highlight something with a Brazillian flavour from our collection. We have two mid 20th century signed original watercolour and Gouache works by Ada Peacock . The first one is entitled Bahia-Brasil Baile-De-Carnival and is signed in pencil Ada peacock. This delightful work vibrantly depicts a man and a woman in Madi Gras costume. Image is 475mm x 330mm and is matted and framed 580 mm x 460 mm. The second image is as equally vibrant as the first and is entitled Bahia-Brasil Bahiana is signed in pencil Ada Peacock and depicts a brightly dressed woman carrying a bunch of Bananas. The image is 360mm x 500mm and is well framed and matted 480mm x 640mm. Both works are circa 1947. Price is $350 per each. Born in Iowa, Ada Peacock went to London as a young woman. She attended Heatherley’s Art School in London with her husband Gerry Peacock. They left London for Buenos Aires so that Gerry could manage an advertising agency there. She painted gouache pictures mostly in the 1940s or earlier, of authentic South American people, their costumes, and their lifestyles. Earlier, in England Paris and New York, she had designed costumes for several musical revues. A series of her paintings were commissioned by the Moore-McCormack line and used as menu covers on their cruise liners that sailed between the USA and South America in the middle part of the 20th century. Ada remained in Argentina for the rest of her life. Her artwork is becoming sort after and there is a wealth of information on her life and her body of work available on the internet.
Posted on: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 06:08:55 +0000
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