THREE BRITISH WOMEN PAINTERS: EVELYN DUNBAR
THE GAINING (AND LOSING) OF REPUTATIONS IN THE 20TH CENTURY
This event is at the Museum in the Headley Lecture Theatre and online via Zoom
One of three in a series of talks on British women painters running on Thursdays in May-June
Booking is essential
With Peter Vass, Fellow at Oxford Brookes University
Evelyn Dunbar (1906-1960) is best remembered as the only woman to be given salaried status as a full-time war artist in World War 2.
Convalescent Nurses Making Camouflage Nets, Evelyn Dunbar, 1941 © Imperial War Museum, IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 1664)
Dunbar produced several major works now principally held in the Imperial War Museum. However her post-war work, particularly her landscapes, have only recently received the accolades they deserve.
The second of three in the Making a Mark series of talks about British women painters.
Other talks in the series:
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