Mildred Bendall (1891-1977), 'Farmhouse Garden', gouache, signed, label verso for Whitford Fine Art, 6 Duke Street, St James, London, and another older label verso, 40cm by 60cm, framed.
Provenance: Whitford Fine Art, 6 Duke Street, St James, London.
NB: In 1920 Bendall gained admission to the Salon des Artistes Francais in Paris, which prompted her move to Paris, her time at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Montparnasse, where the painters of the Ecole de Paris congregated, transformed her style, and her friendship with Matisse in particular left a lasting influence on Bendall and her work, under Matisse's guidance Bendall became an active force of the avant-garde in Bordeaux, and built an exchange between Bordeaux and Paris. In 1928, she helped to found the 'Artistes Indépendants bordelais', and under her influence Bonnard, Braque, Utrillo, Matisse and Picasso all submitted paintings to its yearly exhibitions. In 1929, Bendall was also a founding member of 'Le Studio'.
In 1937, the Galerie de Paris, in Paris exhibited Bendall's work, The Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, purchased the work Bouquet a la table ronde.

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