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.
"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.
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