Accession Code: wu0045 Title: In The Mountains Date completed: 1975 Medium: Painting Material: Oil Height (mm): 927 Width (mm): 1227 Depth (mm): n/a Inscription: Signed and dated Olga Davenport 75 Location Name: Picture Store Location Description: Location Floor: 0

South African-born Olga Davenport originally studied acting and dancing, later performing in ballet with Anton Dolin and in productions of Shakespeare at Stratford on Avon. In 1956 she turned to art, attending Chelsea Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art, before going to St Ives to study with Peter Lanyon. 'In the Mountains', which was exhibited at the Picadilly Gallery in London, reduces a conventional landscape to semi-abstract elements represented in clearly defined bands of colour.