Monday, May 11, 2009

Graham Ovenden - Miss Flamborough

oil on canvas
2005
Miss Flamborough was originally a portrait of William Holman Hunt’s daughter Gladys as little Miss Flamborough from Oliver Goldsmith’s novel The Vicar of Wakefield 1794.
http://www.leicestergalleries.com/art-and-antiques/detail/11248
(for a much more detailed description + its subsequent repainting)
Graham was born in 1943 and as far as I know still alive.
Graham repainted Gladys using his own model and unique vision.
copyright Peter Nahum Gallery.

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