Christine McCausland 1944-2020

Original Drawing

Seated Figure - Pentimenti

Born in Scotland in 1944 Christine McCausland was destined for the artistic life, her precocious talent for drawing began at an early age.

Christine McCausland met the author and poet Martin Bell (1918-1978) at the Edinburgh Festival in 1965 they later lived together in Leeds, in the early 1970s Christine moved to London but kept in close touch with Bell. Bell was a leading light in “The Group” an influential gathering of poets from the mid 50s to the mid 60s. McCausland documented Bell’s and her own interactions with the group and at present her archive is being catalogued at Leeds University.

She exhibited widely throughout her life, almost compulsively drawing daily, McCausland had many influences from the Impressionists of late 19^th century France to the Bloomsbury Group.

The drawing ‘Seated Figure’, shows the artist exploring their first impressions of the sitter, positioning and repositioning the figure to accomplish the optimum pose. The word pentimento is derived from the Italian ‘pentirsi’, which means to repent, to change your mind. Pentimento is an alteration made by the artist during the process of drawing or painting.

The drawing is in good order, mounted, framed and glazed.

Size – Approximately – Frame Height – 20 1/2 inches

Size – Approximately – Frame Width – 17 3/4 Inches

Size – Approximately – Image Height – 11 ½ inches

Size – Approximately – Image Width – 9 ½ inches

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