* Hegg Two flower paintings {1878} Loc? [WT]

Hegg, Teresa (1829-1911; Swiss)
Two flower paintings
Watercolour, each c. 43 x 33 cm
Purchased 1878
Unidentified; present location unknown

There appears to be no trace of these two works, although examples of the artist’s still life watercolours still circulate on the international art market: example reproduced here.

“Madame Hegg” (as she is described in the NGV’s Annual Report for 1878) commanded a substantial reputation during the 19^th century. Her nationality is given variously as Swiss or British. She was a member of the British Royal Society of Watercolour Painters, exhibiting there regularly from 1872.  

[comparative watercolour: Hegg’s Still Life of Flowers in a Brown Vase (auctioned 2019)]

Refs.

AR 1878, p.50 (size given as 17 x 13 inches); not listed in NGV 1894 or NGV 1905 

For the artist, see Bénézit 8, p.391 (under Landerset, her maiden name) and AKL 71 (2011), pp.91-92 (with further references). For the comparative work reproduced here, see https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/maria-teresa-hegg-1829-1911-british-still-life-220-c-063496aa55 (as sold by John Nicholson Fine Art, Haslemere, UK, 21 July 2019; size given as 24″ x 18″)