Saturday, April 4, 2009

Eva Roos

[An Impromptu Ball] 1899
oil on canvas
http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Eva-Roos/Eva-Roos-oil-paintings.html
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Eva Roos, nee Vedder 1872 to 1956? was an artist and illustrator mainly of children's books.
Born in London but trained in Paris and specialised in painting children. Her husband was the painter S H Vedder and both exhibited occasionally at the RA.




[Young Girl]
oil on canvas laid on board
This seems to be an Indian girl but nothing is known of its circumstances though she painted another picture of an Indian girl wearing a Sari

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