Tag: France
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The Purple Alps (copy)
Read more: The Purple Alps (copy)This is a copy of the Purple Alps landscape painted while the family was on holiday in the South of France in 1964, long before she emigrated there in 1971. When you read the post……
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Augusta Brown
Read more: Augusta BrownA sketch of a young girl, Augusta Brown. One of the few sketches to have the name recorded on the drawing…..
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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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Quick Sketch of a Young Woman 4
Read more: Quick Sketch of a Young Woman 4A well finished Sketch of a young woman on an ochre paper base. As the drawing was found with a simple paper mat I think it was used as a sample to be displayed when my mother setup her little “Portrait Rapide” stall….
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Quick Sketch / Portrait Rapide 3
Read more: Quick Sketch / Portrait Rapide 3Another Quick Sketch of a young woman, this one showed signs of having been mounted on the wall in her small gallery, so not exactly a “throw away” although it wasn’t signed.
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Isabella drawing
Read more: Isabella drawingA sketch of a young girl, Isabella, from the Netherlands who later sat for an oil painting commissioned by her parents.
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La Mairie / Town Hall – Fayence
Read more: La Mairie / Town Hall – FayenceThe Hôtel de Ville is the traditional name given to the Town Hall or La Mairie much to the confusion of any tourists looking for a place to spend the night.
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Fayence Approach
Read more: Fayence ApproachA view of Fayence from one of the approach roads. I love the added details of the two cats and the lady hanging her laundry out beside the road.