ALL THE WORKS OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY ARTIST FOR WHICH IMAGES CAN BE FOUND
AN IMAGE HAS BEEN FOUND for the Portrait of Bessie, wife of Colonel Massey in a publication called Royal Academy Illustrated, published in 1927 (and put online by Banasthali University, India). Not of great quality, but an image all the same. THE SAME PUBLICATION identifies a painting held by Aberdeen Art Gallery under the title …
Continue reading A new image / re-identifications / Pink Dress images / Annie-Joseph similarities
The version of New Risen Hope held by the Tate was acquired by the gallery in 1924. There is a reference to the purchase in The Art News, 1 March 1924: TATE AGAIN BUYS A SWYNNERTON WORK ... The Tate Gallery has bought a second example of the work of our one woman Academician, Mrs. …
Continue reading New Risen Hope had wings and was part of a group, evidence suggests.
THE PORTRAIT OF A BOY stands out as being untypical of Annie's work: The gold leaf surround, which is indeed untypical of anyone painting in the same period. I know of no comparable work of this genera treated in the same way. The unemotional expression of the child - Annie's children tend to be more …
Continue reading Some personal thoughts on ‘PORTRAIT OF A BOY.’
THE SECTION on Susan Isabel Dacre, Annie's life-long friend, has been expanded, with individual pages and better images for each of her paintings. There are just thirty works known by image, including one 'attributed.' There were only twenty-eight, but one lost work (A Young Violinist) and another completely unknown (Choir of Children) turned up at …
Continue reading Susan Isabel Dacre pages complete / Colwyn E. A. Philipps / web site notes
I'M ADDING more detailed pages for Susan Isabel Dacre's works. She and Annie had such a close relationship and painted in such similar styles that I think it is of value. They are accessed from the SUSAN ISABEL DACRE link in the top menu. Figurative works are the ones which tend to survive, but her …
From scouring newspaper archives, have found that St. Martin's Summer dates back to at least 1898, which places it a near contemporary of The Sense of Sight (1895), with which it has a resemblance, and in the midst of Annie's finest symbolist works in general. Have given the correct name to A Dream of Italy, …
Continue reading Notes on St. Martin’s Summer, The Sense of Sight and A Dream of Italy.
I have acquired another Musée du Luxembourg postcard of Mater Triumphalis, undated but presumably 1915-1922, the period when the painting was housed at that location. It is in better condition than the other postcard and has a better-quality photograph, so is perhaps later in that period. It shows hints of the discolouration appearing on the …
Continue reading Mater Triumphalis postcard showing early signs of painting discolouration
