Olive Bagshaw 1931-2017

LANDSCAPES

SEPARATE CATALOGUE:  LANDSCAPES ONLY - UPDATED 05.10.2025 

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Olive painted landscapes, seascapes, flowers and still life subjects throughout her career until she began to paint abstracts.

In the following section the landscape works are arranged (as far as it has been possible to judge) in a chronological sequence. It is hoped to add locations in due course.

78.  Landscape (mid 60s) (Private collection Mrs N Shelton)

78A "Winter Sunshine". 14" x 10" on board Signed.  Same subject as 2 above (?) Label on reverse suggests it appeared in an exhibition, possibly the first ever private exhibition held at 816 Wilmslow Road Private collection. (OBP) 

78B  

Signed and dated 1966 (?) Private collection P Dordi

The only example of a painting of a stream or pond known.

79. A Country Lane in Summer (Titled 2021)

80. The Thaw, Pleasington, 1972 (BDP Exhibition 1973)

81. Cottage on a Frosty Morning c 1970s

82."A Frosty Morning"+ Signed 18" x 22" (OBP)

82A

Signed 1973  (Private collection Mr P Blackwell)

82B 

December Morning Mist,  26" x 16" oil on canvas. Catalogued number 7  in Salford Museum and Art Gallery Exhibition August to September 1977 (Appendix 5)

Signed and dated 1973 (Gumtree Sales)

83.Old Mill Botany (?) Written on reverse (Double sided with number 94) 24" x 18" (OBP)

84. First Cut of Hay 24" x 20" (OBP)

85. "Landscape in Early Summer "+ 20" x 24" (OBP)

86. A Bare Tree in Early Spring. 20" x 16" on canvas Signed (OBP)

87. "A Bare Tree under a Grey Sky" 20" x 16" (OBP)

88. "Flowers in the Hedgerow" On reverse of 93 20" x 24" (OBP)

   

89. (possibly) Barley Field Digby House Farm 

90.Grain fields in the Summer (Titled 2021)

91. "Walking the Dog in the Lane" (Pivate collection Mr J McNally)

92. Spring Blossom (Titled 2021)

93. Near Pope Farm (Written on canvas) 20" x 24"  On reverse of 88 (OBP)

94.  "From Mr D's Garden" written on canvas reverse. 24" x 18"  Double sided with number 83. (OBP)

95.  Misty Winter Landscape, Lancashire 1975 27" x 19" (OBP)

96. (possibly) Cabbage Field Croston or Cabbage Field Bretherton  Signed 1973 20" x 24" (OBP)

97. Young Girl in the Garden (Titled 2021)

98. The Garden Chair (Titled 2021)

99. Breakfast in the garden 1976 

100."House at the End of the Lane"+ 16" x 20" (OBP)

100A  Silver Birch Wood  55cm x 45cm Signed (Wilson55 Auctioneers (Image Copyright with Wilson55)

101. 

Harvest Field  Signed 1976 24" x 20" (Private Collection - Don and Sue Berry)

 

102. Farmworkers Fencing 24" x 20" (OBP)

       103. The End of the Day - signed and dated 1971  Listed Number 2 1977 Salford Exhibition with Exhibition labels verso 12" x16 " Private Collection, Mr Nick Coleman

104. Snowy Morning Marsh Lane  1977 (1977 Salford Exhibition)

105.  Snow Covered Landscape Rivington 1977 Signed  20" x 28" (OBP)

106. Adams Hill, Winter 1978 (Salford Museum and Art Gallery)

107.  Monk's Hill 1978 (Collection K and S Williams)

108  Frosty Sunrise (1977 Salford Art Gallery Exhibition catalogue)

109. Olive Bagshaw - Frosty Sunrise  c 1975

    

110. "Cottages across the Fields"+ 36" x 22"  Signed 1977  (OBP)

110A  "Trees in a Landscape"+ Signed 24" x 14" (OBP)

110B "Muddy Field"+  On reverse of 97 18" x 24" (OBP)

111."Canal Scene"+ 16" x 20" (OBP)

112. A Cracking Day Caught   24" x 20"(OBP)

113 "Bare Trees and Ploughed fields"+  24" x 18" (OBP)

Whin's Bridge Series

The following sequence of landscapes based on the same landscape subject may be a transition point in the artist's direction when she begins to paint abstracts. Two of these paintings are dated 1978, so it is probable that they all date from that period.

128. Whin's Bridge 1978 (K and S Williams Collection)

129. 1978 Whin's Bridge with Trees Series  Signed 20" x 24" (OBP)

130. Whin's Bridge with Trees Series  28" x 20" (OBP)

131.Whin's Bridge with Trees Series 24" x 16"Signed (OBP)

 

132.  Whin's Bridge with Trees Series Signed 18" x 16"(OBP)

133. 1978   Whin's Bridge with Trees Series Signed 10" x14" (OBP)

134. Whin's Bridge with Trees Series Acrylic 24" x 18" Semi Abstract (OBP)

In the painting above, which may appear to be an unfinished representational painting of the familar subject, there may be the beginning of an exploration of motifs, which appear more strongly in the following painting.

135.  Olive Bagshaw - Whin's Bridge with Trees Semi Abstract 76 x 61cm (OBP)

These motifs can be found in her abstract work eslewhere and in the Abstract Section including 168, 171, 180.

Jacqueline's Private Collection  1960s - 1980s

06   Rivington    20 x 24  inches   

014   Unknown   18 x 22  inches         

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