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Presentation: Framed
Unique etching
3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (9 x 6 cm)
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Presentation: Framed
Signed, inscribed with title on label to reverse
Tempera on board, 10 ins. (25.4cms.) diameter

This is a typical Burleigh tempera painting of the 1920s. The enigmatic title (written on the reverse in the artist's own hand) is possibly a misspelling of Chiara (pronounced Ki-ara), which signifies light and clarity. Burleigh illustrated a number of books (especially Shakespeare), and it is possible that there is a literary connection. However, it is the decorative aspect that above all pervades this and all of Burleigh's distinctive Renaissance revival paintings. The flowers, and the medieval city in the background, are both figments of the artist's imagination. The model for this painting is likely to have been Veronica, the artist's daughter.
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Presentation: Framed
Pencil, and etched proof,
framed as one
overall 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (29 x 24 cm), including frame

Mounted with 2 windows, in a reeded mahogany frame, glazed

Etchings by Burleigh are rare. This design is assumed to have been created when she was a student, although the stylization of the figures and trees is characteristic of her mature work.

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Averil Mary Burleigh 1883-1949

Painter and jewellery designer; lived in Hove, Sussex and studied at Brighton School of Art. Her husband was the painter C. H. H. Burleigh, her daughter the artist Veronica Burleigh. She exhibited widely - at the RA, RSA, NEAC, RI, SWA, Sussex Women's Art Club and RCamA - and was elected an associate of the RWS shortly before she died. She was also a Member of the Society of Mural Decorators and Painters in Tempera. Her most characteristic works are brightly painted in tempera, with a strong sense of design. Her subject matter was usually based on classical or medieval subjects, and pretty maidens (often modelled on her daughter Veronica) set in Renaissance landscapes. Her watercolours (and pure landscapes in oil) were handled more loosely but still underpinned by a strong linearity. Brighton Art Gallery held a memorial show in the year of her death.