An oil on board painting by Adrian Daintrey of an unknown woman. This is a dynamic painting with loose but competent brush strokes. The bold use of colour is somewhat reminiscent of work of the Scottish colourists and the Bloomsbury artists. Signed and dated top left.
 
Adrian Maurice Daintrey (1902–1988) was born in London and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, 1920–24. He befriended Augustus John and sometimes assisted in John's studio. His circle of friends also included the artists Nina Hamnett, Rex Whistler, Matthew Smith, Alvaro Guevara, and the writer Anthony Powell. After the Slade, Daintrey contintued his studies in the Louvre and L'Académie de la Grand Chaumière, Paris. He went on to become art master at Dean Close School, Cheltenham. His first exhibition was shared with Paul Nash at Dorothy Warren's gallery in 1928.
 
His work was bought by many aristocratic collectors at the time, including Lord Duveen. Examples of Daintrey's work are held by many notable British institutions, including the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, Leeds Art Gallery, Ulster Museum, Manchester Art Gallery, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.