Steamer in Fog reserved Compton Mackenzie wrote ‘Extraordinary Women’

Compton Mackenzie wrote ‘Extraordinary Women’

This painting is in our Cecil Court Gallery

Described as the ‘Grandfather of British illustration’ (thank you Chris Beetles) his economy of line was said to have modernised his trade and certainly influenced the next generation of cartoonists from Frank Reynolds to David Low

They began a long affair

Steamer in Fog reserved Compton Mackenzie wrote ‘Extraordinary Women’It wont go unnoticed that Ive slipped in a few Swedish painters this year. We have a few thousand mid century Nordic paintings that live in our Cecil Court basement, largely kept at an affordable price level for our many interior designer clients who tend to arrive in a large van. There are a select number of more serious Swedish paintings that we tuck away for special events the Dealers Eye show being just that. This atmospheric steamer gliding out