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§ Sylvia Gosse, RBA, RE, SWA (British, 1881-1968) Red Lion Square signed 'Gosse' (lower left) oil on canvas 44 x 34cm (17 x 13in) Following in the footsteps of both her mother and aunt, the latter of whom was married to the renowned painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), Gosse studied at the St John's School of Art and later at the Royal Academy Schools. In 1908, Gosse met the artist Walter Sickert (1860-1942) who was particularly impressed with her artistic talent and potential. She enrolled in the artist's evening classes at Westminster School in 1909, and later in Sickert's new art school. Sickert's stylistic influence remains evident in Gosse's impasto technique, as well as in her continued portrayal of both street scenes and domestic interiors. Gosse eventually took over the running of the 'Sickert and Gosse School of Painting and Etching', taught students, and according to the art historian Wendy Baron, influenced Sickert's later work. Gosse exhibited extensively from 1911 at the New England Art Club, the Royal Academy and the Carfax Gallery. An extensive number of her works can now be found in major public collections including the Tate, the British Museum, and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.Oil on a coarse weave canvas support. There is an artists' suppliers stamp on the reverse which is difficult to decipher. The canvas has good tension and is in plane. There is minor abrasion to the paint layer at the upper left corner, otherwise the paint layer is in a good condition. The painting has a varnish layer which has yellowed with age but is glossy and even. There is a light layer of surface dirt present.

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