LUCY.M.WILES "XHOSA WOMAN" OIL ON BOARD

"Lucy Mary Wiles (Mullins) was born in Johannesburg, 1920. Wiles originally trained as a nurse. She also studied under Nils Andersen and Walter Gilbert Wiles and studied on part-time basis art at the Johannesburg School of Art and Barnato Park School. Her earlier art work were signed as Lucy Mullins until her marriage in 1953. Lucy’s work was on Xhosa people in theTranskei. She spent a lot of time on river beds, villages and trading stores while doing her portraits.

Wiles continued to work within a genre that became well-established in South African art during the colonial period. This was the “native study”. The genre emerged during the 1920’s and 30’s largely as a result of efforts by the likes of Leo François (1870–1938), President of the Natal Society of Artists."

THIS STUNNING PORTRAIT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND VERY TASTEFULLY FRAMED IN A CREAM PAINTED WOODEN FRAME WITH HESSIAN DETAIL

MEASURES PAINTING 55 X 45CM FRAME 78 X 68CM