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Les Lavandières au Lavoir / The Washerwomen at the Wash-House
Read more: Les Lavandières au Lavoir / The Washerwomen at the Wash-HouseLes Lavandières au Lavoir / The Washerwomen at the Washhouse was a painting of Madame Golette who did the laundry for my mother while she lived in Bargemon when she first moved to the south of France. My mother was amazed….
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Old Age
Read more: Old AgeI think my mother painted Old Age because of the relative success of the Victoria painting. I am not sure who was the subject or what happened to the painting….
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Mimi Calvy
Read more: Mimi CalvyMadame Mimi Calvy was a 92 year old woman who lived in Bargemon which was the first village my mother lived in when she first moved to the south of France. My mother was always interested in subjects with plenty of wrinkles and life experiences, she would say…..
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La Chapelle de Notre Dame des Cyprès
Read more: La Chapelle de Notre Dame des CyprèsThis a more conventional view of the Notre Dame des Cyprès Chapel just outside of Fayence on the valley floor off the road to Seillans. This lovely chapel was the subject of many of my mother’s landscapes. Although there is no date on the painting…..
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La Chapelle de Notre Dame des Cyprès
Read more: La Chapelle de Notre Dame des CyprèsThis an unusual view of the Notre Dame des Cyprès Chapel just outside of Fayence on the valley floor off the road to Seillans. This lovely little chapel was the subject of several of my mother’s landscapes but mostly from a much closer viewpoint. Here we see the chapel as…..
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Max
Read more: MaxA pencil sketch of the youngest son, Max, of my mother’s good friends, the Whites. This is one of a series she did of all three children.
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Marcus
Read more: MarcusA pencil sketch of the middle son, Marcus, of my mother’s good friends, the Whites. This is one of a series she did of all three children.
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Marten
Read more: MartenA pencil sketch of the eldest son, Marten, of my mother’s good friends, the Whites. This is one of a series she did of all three children.
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The Esterel Massif
Read more: The Esterel MassifThis is the view of the Esterel Massif in the distance from the kitchen window in my mother’s small flat/apartment. Being over the kitchen sink it was….
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The Copsewood Avenue Garden
Read more: The Copsewood Avenue GardenThis a small palette knife painting of the back garden at #10 Copsewood Avenue in Bournemouth. I think it was painted around 1964 or 65 judging by the size of the apple tree we planted when we first moved there. I feel like this painting was done as a personal challenge… Another small painting that…