beatrice ( bridgit ) elvery ... later lady glenavy ... pupil and friend of william orpen

 

orpen's portrait of "bridgit" ...

she was quite a fashionable artist, too ... unashamedly chocolate-boxy but consistently sweet and lyrical in her love of life

http://www.patrickcomerford.com/2020/08/the-elvery-family-in-dublin-and-links.html

... and there is a cache of letters from william orpen ...

https://vault.library.uvic.ca/.../61da6cbd-02e8-4dd3-8e9d...

Hurrah for mark tansey ... scrutineer, analyst, painter and miracle piss-taker !

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tansey

http://www.amyscott.com/mark_tansey.htm

https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/contemporary-art-evening-auction-n09420/lot.39.html