Doris Clare Zinkeisen (1898-1991) was born in Scotland, but like many others, made her career in England. Her sister
Anna was also an artist, perhaps a better one. Doris' Wikipedia entry is
here.
From what I can tell from photographs and portraits, the young Doris was a real beauty. More beautiful than many of her paintings, I have to say.
Zinkeisen's subjects ranged from portraits to social scenes to wartime art, the latter being rather sketchy, given the circumstances.
Gallery
Doris, portrayed...
Photo by Beryl Cazeneaux - 1929
Photo by Harold Pierce Cazeneaux - 1929
Doris decorating the Queen Mary, by Madame Yevonde - 1936
Doris, by her sister Anna
Self-Portrait - 1929
Portraits by Zinkeisen...
Elsa Lanchester - 1925
Margaret Duncan
Lieutenant Murray Johnstone, the artist's son - 1966
Mrs Sanders Watney
Here and there...
Dressing Room
Bois de Boulogne
War art...
British Red Cross Issuing Comforts to Prisoners of War at Brussels - 1945
Air Ambulance being Unloaded near Bruges - 1945
She got the basic shape of the Dakota nearly correct, but couldn't depict the rounded fuselage correctly. Drawing mechanical objects is difficult for many otherwise competent artists.
2 comments:
"Drawing mechanical objects is difficult for many otherwise competent artists." A friend of mine used to rate artists partly by whether any mechanical device they portrayed would actually work.
wonderful to have just discovered such a creative force
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