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Bessie Bamber(c.1900)

'The Lookout' & 'Time For Bed'

Stock code: S4679/80
A PAIR
Signed with Initials
One Dated 1902
Oil on Milk Glass
6 x 9 ins / 15.2 x 22.8 cms
Price category: A: Under £5,000

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Bessie Bamber lived and worked in Liverpool, and specialised in painting cats and kittens. She normally signed her paintings with a monogram, and often painted on ivorine or glass.

Bambers style is detailed and her pictures are always carefully wrought. She was a clever creator of composition, her kittens are never mere portraits, but usually illustrated playing and surrounded by objects such as cotton reels, baskets, etc. Bamber used a variety of attractive colours in her pieces, usually warm reds and browns.

Bessie Bamber painted at around the turn of the century - her pictures have always attracted a wide following and are sought after by collectors today.