Lillian Buchanan, ‘Woman in Red Dress’

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Striking midcentury original oil on board, expressive brushwork and sensitive rendering of the face the pop of red from her lipstick complementing the vibrancy of her dress. H55cm W45cm About the artist: Lilian Buchanan (1914-2004) Buchanan had been an artist since her early childhood; at the age of fourteen she had gained a scholarship to the Hornsey College of Art but attended there in the evenings, with her brothers David and Norman. By 1939 and the advent of war she was already making her name known as a successful book illustrator. During the war Lilian's portraits of her WAAF friends were shown in the Royal Academy, and in the following years many of her flower studies, portraits and landscapes were accepted and sold. Her portrait of the late Dame Helen Gardner was a notable exhibit at the Oxford Art Society. At Bristol, where Lilian was a member of the Royal West of England Academy, there...more

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