Ouse Bridge, Letitia Marion Hamilton, York
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Letitia Marion Hamilton (1878 - 1964)
Ouse Bridge, York, c. 1928

An Irish artist and illustrator, in 1920 Hamilton became a founding member of the Dublin Painters Society, a group described by one critic as 'the liveliest of living painters, the explorers, the experimentalists'. She travelled widely in Europe and was influenced by the Impressionists, as revealed by a painterly concern for texture. This unusual view - captured in chalky pastel colours - shows a busy Ouse Bridge with the warehouses of Queen's Staith beyond. The tower of the church of St Mary Bishophill Junior can be seen on the skyline.