ALL THE WORKS OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY ARTIST FOR WHICH IMAGES CAN BE FOUND + AN EXPLORATION OF THE WORKS OF HER CLOSE FRIEND SUSAN ISABEL DACRE
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 …
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The oil sketch for the Equestrian Portrait of Elizabeth Williamson, at auction today at Keys, Aylsham, did not sell. Full details of the work on the Elizabeth Williamson page.
Susan Isabel Dacre's Choir of Children, dated 1888, sold at auction today in North Yorkshire for £7,000 (between £10,080 and £10,580 with fees and VAT, depending on location of buyer). Interesting to see that Susan, like Annie (they were close friends), use a monogram rather than signature for this work, a practice they both dropped …
I'D NOTICED BEFORE that two versions of The Sense of Sight appear on the web, the Liverpool Art Gallery work and another that appears under the same title or other names, such as The Gift of Sight or The Angel of the Annunciation. I'd assumed the latter was a copy, but it is, I now …
An oil sketch for the Equestrian Portrait of Elizabeth Williamson has appeared for auction at Keys, Aylsham, 29 November. It is stated to be by Annie, although no provenancial information given. Full details on the Elizabeth Williamson page.
Have unearthed three more images of paintings by Annie plus another 'attributed' work. The images come from a copyrighted database, so I've downgraded the quality, but hopefully left enough detail to give a good idea of the original images. As can be seen all are portrait-style works. Where dates are known they are from Annie's …
