Tag: England
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Clark Gable – The Evening Standard – 1946
Read more: Clark Gable – The Evening Standard – 1946A drawing of the famous movie start Clark Gable. One of the few surviving originals used for illustrations in the London Evening Standard, my mother’s first job as an artist.
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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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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 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…
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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 River Avon
Read more: The River AvonI think this is an unfinished painting of the River Avon near Sopley in Dorset. Another small painting that appears to be done with a lot vigor and speed. My mother felt…
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Dorset Countryside
Read more: Dorset CountrysideThis is another small “picnic painting” done of the Dorset countryside, provably painted in the late summer as the crops in the fields matured.