Kyffin Williams 1918 - 2006
Portrait of Dorothy Anne McLaren, 1968
Oil on Canvas
56cm x 92cm
"Anne was a tall and lovely girl of considerable style who, after starting life with the surname of Mostyn-Owen-Jodrell, had relinquished it to marry an old friend of mine with the name of Michael Baillie-Grohman. They were a striking couple as he was six feet five inches and she very nearly six feet in height. They lived near to where I had a studio in London and I saw much of them; at least until Michael succumbed to the ravages of cancer."
"I had always wanted to paint Anne because of her fascinating bone structure and her natural poise, so I was delighted when Michael suggested that she sat for me. I suppose that she was a natural model and could have made a successful living in the world of fashion. I had always liked Anne and, even though I gave her a look of sadness, I have always liked her potrait."
Kyffin Williams
'Portraits' Kyffin Williams - Gomer Press - Page 100
"Anne was a tall and lovely girl of considerable style who, after starting life with the surname of Mostyn-Owen-Jodrell, had relinquished it to marry an old friend of mine with the name of Michael Baillie-Grohman. They were a striking couple as he was six feet five inches and she very nearly six feet in height. They lived near to where I had a studio in London and I saw much of them; at least until Michael succumbed to the ravages of cancer."
"I had always wanted to paint Anne because of her fascinating bone structure and her natural poise, so I was delighted when Michael suggested that she sat for me. I suppose that she was a natural model and could have made a successful living in the world of fashion. I had always liked Anne and, even though I gave her a look of sadness, I have always liked her potrait."
Kyffin Williams
'Portraits' Kyffin Williams - Gomer Press - Page 100
Publications
As illustrated in
Kyffin Williams - Nicholas Sinclair - Lund Humphries Publishing - Page 26
'Portraits' Kyffin Williams - Gomer Press - Page 101
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