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The Business Card
Read more: The Business CardThis is the original master drawing for the business card Christine designed, once she had moved into 22, Grande Rue du Château in Fayence. Of course, the studio and view are pure fiction or…
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Sea Treasure / Trésor de la mer
Read more: Sea Treasure / Trésor de la merSea Treasure or Trésor de la mer is another work of the imagination similar in conception to the Rock painting (Le Retour aux Sources). A young attractive woman integrated into nature, this time water. The hands of nature offering up an oyster and pearl to….
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Nathalie
Read more: NathalieNathalie: Nathalie Pelhate was the daughter of Christine’s local doctor. The painting was done as payment for medical visits and a series of cortisone injections that Christine needed to overcome a serious injury……
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Recognition / Rapport
Read more: Recognition / RapportRecognition was another painting based on a dream. In the painting, Christine has altered her own face to give it a more feline look, complete with pseudo ears formed by the waves in her hair. Of course, the most notable feature is….
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Quick Sketch of a Young Woman 5
Read more: Quick Sketch of a Young Woman 5This is an early Sketch of a Young Woman, who I think was the eldest daughter of one of Christine’s neighbors. She is also depicted in several other sketches, drawn on an ochre paper base like this one. It was….
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Jeanne Morrison
Read more: Jeanne MorrisonJeanne Morrison was the wife of Julian Morrison, a reporter for the Daily News in Washington DC and a good friend of Benny, Christine’s ex-husband. Christine was on a trip to Washington to earn money painting portraits of…….
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Le Choix / The Choice
Read more: Le Choix / The ChoiceThe Choice or Le Choix was a second painting of Sybille Bennet, a fellow artist, neighbour and good friend of Christine’s. She lived just opposite her in Fayence, on the other side of the Rue de Château. This was yet another painting created to….
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Sybille
Read more: SybilleSybille: Sybille Bennet was a fellow artist, neighbour and good friend of Christine’s, who lived just opposite her place in Fayence, on the other side of the Rue de Château. This was another painting created to enter a specific exhibition, the 13th Grand Prix of the Côte d’Azure, in Cannes. In the diaries you can…
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Quo Vadis?
Read more: Quo Vadis?Quo Vadis? is Latin for “Where are you going?” or, from the King James Bible, John 13:36, “Whither goest thou?”. This phrase has generally come to represent a reflection on one’s direction or purpose in life. Unlike some of her paintings, this one didn’t start with a title or a dream but, instead, with a…
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Un Souffle de Renaissance / Breath of the Renaissance
Read more: Un Souffle de Renaissance / Breath of the RenaissanceUn Souffle de Renaissance or Breath of the Renaissance is finally a painting I know something about as it’s me, Anthony, her younger son. This was a real struggle to complete during a brief vacation I took in France, the year after I graduated from Duke University in the USA. You can see from the…
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James Mason in Odd Man Out – 1947
Read more: James Mason in Odd Man Out – 1947A drawing of Britain’s own movie star James Mason for the movie Odd Man Out. This was created for Gaumont-British Publicity where Christine worked after leaving the London Evening Standard…..