Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973) Flower Fairies pencil study drawing ‘The Ribwort Plantain Fairy’, c.1948
Artist: Cicely Mary Barker (All)
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DescriptionLast year we went to see the wonderful exhibition of her famous Flower Fairy books in Liverpool. So it is brilliant and lucky to be able to purchased a couple of pieces recently. Will get the other up next.Artist: Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973) Title: Pencil study drawing inscribed ‘The Ribwort Plantain Fairy’, c.1948 Medium: Pencil on paper Size: image size 215mm x 150mm Signed: no Inscription: On the front in pencil “The Ribwort Plantain Fairy”, and top left No 18. Frame verso: “The Ribwort Platain Fairy (From “Flower Fairies of the Wayside”) by Cicely Mary Barker. Notes: Flower Fairies of the Wayside was first published in 1948; London, Blackie. Cicely Mary Barker always used real-life models for her paintings. Most of the models came from the kindergarten her sister Dorothy ran in the back room of the house in which they lived. Social/Sharing |
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Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan 
Member Since 2013
1 - Posted on 3/26/2024
Wow! Tremendous find! Huge congrats!!
Steel Shredder
Member Since 2022
1 - Posted on 3/26/2024
Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan wrote:
Wow! Tremendous find! Huge congrats!!
Thank you. Yes it is not easy to find her original drawings or paintings, most are still kept within the family.
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 3/26/2024
Very nice! You get all that cherubic exhuberence from the child captured by Barker that lifts the mood in this raw pencil prelim piece.
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