Category: Portraits
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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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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…
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Danielle Politzer
Read more: Danielle PolitzerThe Danielle Politzer portrait was a small commission from one of the local families in Fayence. After doing the painting my mother persuaded Danielle to model for another painting just a couple of weeks later called, The Wish – Liberty….
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Laughing Self Portrait
Read more: Laughing Self PortraitThe Laughing Self Portrait was always a bit of a mystery for me when I first came across it clearing out her studio after her death. I easily recognized it as a self portrait but couldn’t understand the expression on her face…..
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Happily Ever After / Heureux jusqu’ à la fin
Read more: Happily Ever After / Heureux jusqu’ à la finChantal was another painting of one of the locals in Fayence, Chantal Robert, started a week after finishing The Wish. This painting should not be confused with “Wishing on the Moon….