This is the portrait by an unidentified "A. Robinson" mentioned in a previous post. Dated 1894, it was quickly determined by myself not to be by Annie Swynnerton (neé Robinson), although one has to add there can always be a remote possibility, just very unlikely - atypical signature, date wrong for 'Robinson' as she was …
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Another Irish ‘Annie Robinson’, and she used gold – Portrait of a boy surrounded by gold candidate?
Thanks to information from someone enquiring about the identity of a work they possess, a portrait of an old soldier (which turned out not to be by Annie L Swynnerton), I have become aware of another Annie Robinson, in addition to the Annie I. L. M. Robinson identified in 2021 (thanks to Alastair). This second …
Dame Laura Knight’s comments on Annie in her autobiography.
Oil Paint and Grease Paint is the autobiography of Dame Laura Knight, published February 1936. (Chapter 35) MRS. SWYNNERTON was ... then about eighty years old; her small body contained the vitality of youth, her black eyes looked you through and through; cross-grained [=stubborn/cantankerous], she bore a perpetual grudge against men, who, she considered, had …
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Oreads visible in painting by Ronald Grey.
A painting by Ronald Grey of the New English Art Club is for sale at Cheffins on 20th March. It is titled 'Tea in the Studio', and depicts a scene in Grey's studio, 76 Fulham Road, including a work by Annie, Oreads, hanging on the wall. Grey's painting is undated, but evidently belongs to the …
Pearson’s Magazine / Summer Idyll = The Baring Family
Extracts from Pearson's Magazine, March 1923, pp194-200 (the text blow is also in the relevant biographical notes section), with many thanks to E. M. for granting me access to the article: OUR GREATEST WOMAN ARTIST The story of Mrs. Swynnerton, who was recently elected to be an Associate of the Royal Academy, by A. B. …
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A new work by S. Isabel Dacre – Winifred.
Thank you to the correspondent who messaged with information on a hitherto unknown work, Winifred, a young girl standing in front of a chair. This brings the total number of works by Isabel for which there is an image to 42 (24 portraits and 18 landscapes). Not a name I am familiar with and I'd …
A new portrait / Pearson’s Magazine, March 1923 / A Dream of Italy borders
THANK YOU so much to E_ M_ for information on a Pearson's magazine article from 1923, which includes interviews with Annie and observations on her style of working. For copyright and academic privilege reasons it would not be right to reproduce the whole article here, but I will add extracts of interest to the relevant …
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Auction alert – Three-quarter length portrait of a young child.
A painting is for sale by auction at Gorringe's, Lewes, 8th January, "Annie Louisa Swynnerton (1844-1933) - oil on canvas, three-quarter length portrait of a young child." The last painting of Annie's dated with certainty is her Equestrian portrait of Lady Mercy Greville, 1920, although a few others are probably several years later (see 'Works …
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Emile Otto Hoppé (1878-1972).
Emile Otto Hoppé (1878-1972) was a leading photographer of the early part of the twentieth century. He first moved to London in his early twenties as part of his training to be a financier, but by this time was already gaining a reputation as a gifted photographer. In 1907 he abandoned his banking career and …
New work by S. Isabel Dacre, SCENE WITH HAYSTACK.
The owner of a 'new' (i.e., previously unknown to me) and very charming painting by S. Isabel Dacre has kindly provided images of the work. Full details on the Scene with haystack page. The frame is very similar to that of From a balcony at Perugia (1911) and Landscape with winding road (undated), and a …
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ANNIE LOUISA SWYNNERTON (1844-1933) 