Marguerite Kelsey
Marguerite Kelsey | |
|---|---|
 by Alan Beeton in 1936 | |
| Born | 11 January 1909 |
| Died | 5 March 1995 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | artist's model |
Marguerite Kelsey (11 January 1909 – 5 March 1995) was a British model for artists. She appears in notable works of art by Meredith Frampton, Dame Laura Knight, and Peter Edwards.
Life[edit]
Kelsey was born in 1909 in London and by the age of fifteen she had started her career as an artist's model.[1]
In 1928 she modeled for Meredith Frampton is a dress and shoes supplied by the artist. She was renowned for her ability to hold a pose for a long time and in this case she appeared without a corset in the fashionable style known as "Las Garconne". This painting is now in the Tate museum in London[2] and it has been described as the "epitome of modern classicism".[3]
In 1937 she modeled again for Frampton and as a result he painted her with cards as "A Game of Patience".[4]
She spent two decades in New Zealand and return to the United Kingdom in the early 1980s suffering with arthritis.[1]
In 1993, Peter Edwards exhibited in The Portrait Now show. In 1994 he won the BP Portrait Award[5] with Portrait of an Artist's Model (of Marguerite Kelsey)[1] who was then in her eighties.
Kelsey died in High Wycombe in 1995.
Personal life[edit]
She married James Grant in 1935 and in 1961 she married Charles Barry.[1]
Legacy[edit]
Kelsey appears in paintings by noted artists including, Sir William Reid Dick, Augustus John, Dame Ethel Walker, Sir John Lavery, and Dame Laura Knight.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Ormond, Richard (1995-03-10). "OBITUARIES Marguerite Kelsey". The Independent. London.
- ^ "'Marguerite Kelsey', Meredith Frampton, 1928". Tate. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- ^ Robert Holland (7 November 2017). The Warm South: How the Mediterranean Shaped the British Imagination. Yale University Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-300-23592-0.
- ^ Alastair Sooke. "BBC - Culture - Meredith Frampton is the forgotten genius of British art". bbc.com. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- ^ "National Portrait Gallery - Portrait - NPG 6332; Kazuo Ishiguro". Npg.org.uk. Retrieved 2011-01-18.