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A superb oil on canvas portrait of Carolyn
Studio label verso priced 50 Gns
Wonderfully painted
Subtle use of colours
Intricate detail
A very pleasing portrait
Royal Academy listed artist Margaret Milne 1908-1998
Margaret Milne was a painter who was born in Wimbledon, London, into a family of painters, her great-grandfather was the Victorian landscape artist George Chester, (1813-1897). Milne studied at Regent Street Polytechnic from 1926-30, and after World War II she worked as a freelance book illustrator on commissions from publishers Raphael Tuck. By the mid-1950's she had turned to portrait painting and showed at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of British Artists and at the Paris Salon. Milne had her own gallery in Ditchling, Sussex where she exhibited her own work and also showed locally at Hove Museum & Art Gallery.
Dated 1970
Margaret Milne studio label verso
Shabby chic frame (slightly distressed)
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