Category: Portraits
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Diana/Diane
Read more: Diana/DianeDiana Raymakers was the daughter of Dr. G. Raymakers from Aarle-Rixtel in the Netherlands. They were vacationing in the area and saw my mother’s paintings in an exhibition in Seillans, a nearby village. Being fans of the Dutch painter Carel Willink they were taken with my mother’s use of symbolism in the background of her…
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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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Kichicot
Read more: KichicotKichicot was my mother’s cat that she adopted from her good friend Yolande whom she stayed with when she didn’t have her own place to live just before she moved into the flat in Fayence. My mother always said that the cat or kitten at the time, adopted her. The rest of the family found…
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Bonnie Millhouse
Read more: Bonnie MillhouseA few months before painting this portrait of Bonnie Millhouse, my mother had painted a portrait of her own cat Kitchicot. I am sure seeing that painting was the inspiration for her friend Mary to commission this portrait of her sister’s dog. As fortune would have it, we can see….
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Martin Clayman
Read more: Martin ClaymanMr. Martin Clayman was an American business “tycoon” on holiday in the area and commissioned my mother to do this large painting. Her diary lists the price as $570 size with exclamation marks. At approximately….
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Victoria
Read more: VictoriaWe always referred to this painting as the “Old Lady” but from her portfolio I see that it was in fact called “Victoria”, I assume the name of the subject. This was a milestone painting…..
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Lt Colonel Sir Assheton Pownall M.P.
Read more: Lt Colonel Sir Assheton Pownall M.P.This portrait of Lt Colonel Sir Assheton Pownall M.P. was done as a commission for the Vintners’ Company in London. I think the commission was arranged by Harry Jackson-Pownall as Sir Assheton Pownall was an ancestor of his wife Marjorie. If you have read…
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The Wish IV- Liberty / Hope
Read more: The Wish IV- Liberty / HopeInitially this painting was called The Wish IV (Liberty), at a later date the name was changed to Hope or L’espérance in French. The subject is Danielle Politzer with whom she had just completed a commissioned portrait. It is a slightly dark painting as the young woman in her torn blouse, is seated in a…