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Bessie Bamber(c.1900)

'Not Guilty' & 'A Plum Position'

Stock code: S4683/4
A PAIR
Signed with Initials
Oil on Milk Glass
6 x 8 ins / 15.2 x 20.3 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.