Pigeon and Flower Script

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Amy Finney (1912 - 1987)

SKU: 13025

Presentation:
folio

Size:
Height – 20.5cm x Width – 20.5cm

DESCRIPTION

Provenance:
The Artist’s Family

Linocut technique on paper. – Circa 1940’s

These designs were intended for dress fabrics or wall coverings and upholstery designs. Some were entered for national design awards.

Finney explores repetition, rhythm, and the symbolic potential of everyday creatures. Arranged in a stylised grid, each pigeon is framed like a character in an unknown language—part textile, part totem. Finney, often working quietly on the margins of mid-20th-century British art, combines folk craft with modernist clarity, using a precise linocut technique to lend boldness and texture to her work. The recurring motifs evoke both ancient runes and contemporary design, reflecting her interest in the ways pattern can carry meaning across time.

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THE ARTIST

Amy

Finney

1912 - 1987

Amy Dyer studied design at Goldsmiths College in South London and later at Reading University, under Professor Betts who was head of Fine Art. In 1946 she became the artist H.A. Finney’s life time partner (her previous marriage having resulted in two children). As a mother and wife her career as an artist was compromised but she carried on teaching Art after her marriage at Luckley Oakfield school in Wokingham, Berkshire, until she retired.