Cat. 5
The Abandoned Watering Can
Barbara Fleming
Date not recorded · Oil on primed hardboard
Artist
Barbara Fleming
Painter, Alderley Edge, Cheshire
1921–2009Dates recorded in auction catalogues; primary confirmation pending.
Introduction
Barbara Fleming was a painter associated with Alderley Edge, Cheshire. Her work is represented in this collection and in published auction records, while her biography remains only partly documented.1, 2
Barbara Fleming and Alec Fleming are catalogued as distinct artists. Where a work cannot yet be assigned to either, it is listed as uncertain. Alec Fleming
Selected works
Signed or firmly attributed
Cat. 6
The Rowing Boat
Barbara Fleming
Date not recorded · Oil on primed hardboard
Cat. 12
The Grindstone
Barbara Fleming
Date not recorded · Oil on primed hard board. unvarnished
Cat. 138
Mischief
Barbara Fleming
Date not recorded · Oil on hard board
Cat. 143
Orange Trees
Barbara Fleming
Date not recorded · Oil on artisan framed ‘grange cotton canvas with stretcher wedges and nails in place
Cat. 230
The Hamlet
Barbara Fleming
Date not recorded · Oil on hard board
Cat. 231
A Pyrenean Village sic
Barbara Fleming
Date not recorded · Oil on hard board
Cat. 232
The Archway and Steps
Barbara Fleming
1960s (approximate) · Oil on hard board
Attributed to Barbara Fleming
Cat. 27
Cypress Trees in a Valley
Attributed to Barbara Fleming
Date not recorded · Oil on hardboard
Cat. 32
The Rush Pond
Attributed to Barbara Fleming
Date not recorded · Oil on hardboard
Cat. 42
Jars and Bottles
Attributed to Barbara Fleming
Date not recorded · Oil on hardboard
Cat. 43
A Copse of
Attributed to Barbara Fleming
Date not recorded · Oil on hardboard
Cat. 50
The Bridge
Attributed to Barbara Fleming
Date not recorded · Oil on hard board. some impasto, painted with distinct texture. some elements particularly the sky, have been painted with a palette knife
Cat. 51
The Or- namental Pond
Attributed to Barbara Fleming
Date not recorded · Oil on hard board
Cat. 55
The White Church
Attributed to Barbara Fleming
Date not recorded · Oil on hardboard
Cat. 57
The Geranium Garden
Attributed to Barbara Fleming
Date not recorded · Oil on hard board
Possibly by Barbara Fleming
Works the catalogue tentatively associates with Barbara Fleming; attribution remains uncertain.
Cat. 7
The Cornfield
Possibly Barbara Fleming (attribution uncertain)
Date not recorded · Oil on hardboard, unvarnished
Cat. 11
A Pastoral Scene
Possibly Barbara Fleming (attribution uncertain)
Date not recorded · Oil on primed hard board
Cat. 25
Church By The River
Possibly Barbara Fleming (attribution uncertain)
Date not recorded · Oil on smooth hard board surface/
Cat. 29
Dappled Shade
Possibly Barbara Fleming (attribution uncertain)
Date not recorded · Oil on hardboard
Cat. 209
The Field of Gold
Possibly Barbara Fleming (attribution uncertain)
Date not recorded · Oil on hard board
Biography
Published references
The White Gallery’s 2012 account describes Barbara as a painter and as Alec Fleming’s wife. Further details of her early life, training and career have not yet been verified by the archive.1
Adam Partridge auction descriptions reproduced by Invaluable give her life dates as 1921–2009 and record oil-on-board works including The Railway Sidings, Visit to Monet Garden, France and Beached Boats with Figures. Those dates are retained here as auction-catalogue information, pending confirmation from primary records.2
Research
- In the cataloguer’s opinion, a number of boards marked “A Fleming” on the reverse are by Barbara Fleming.
Information about Barbara Fleming — documents, photographs, exhibition records or recollections — is welcome. Contact the archive
Sources
- 1.Fiona Bailey, “Alec Fleming (1903–1978)”, The White Gallery, 19 May 2012
- 2.Invaluable, Barbara Fleming auction records: Adam Partridge sales, 26 September 2013 and 26 September 2014Cited only for the Adam Partridge catalogue descriptions; other records on that page relate to different artists of the same name.