Saturday, April 11, 2009

Annie Louise Swynnerton - Oleander


1883
oil on panel
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1844 - 1933.
Robinson was born and trained in Manchester and a founder member and secretary of the Manchester Society of Women Artists. She campaigned for women's suffrage and painted wonderful portraits (like this one) of her woman friends. She married Joseph William Swynnerton (also a painter) in the same year as this painting.

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