Alix Jennings Explained

Birth Date:1884
Birth Name:Alix Thomson
Birth Place:Carlisle
Death Date:1980
Nationality:British
Notable Works:Portrait of T E Lawrence at Jesus College
Known For:Oil painting

Alix Jennings (1884 - 1980) was a British artist, who specialised in portrait, animal and flower painting using oils.[1] [2] Her works are in the collections of the Museum of the Order of St John, Windsor & Royal Borough Museum and at Jesus College, Oxford.[3]

Born Alix Thomson in Carlisle in 1884,[4] [5] she exhibited works at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition on several occasions, including: Good Deeds ("Everyman") (1927);[6] White Blossom (1938);[7] Phlox (1941).[8] Her flower paintings were often exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show.[9] [10] Her portrait of T E Lawrence, closely inspired by a portrait by Augustus John, was commissioned by Jesus College as its official memorial to Lawrence.[11] [12] [13] [14]

References

  1. Web site: 2024-08-20 . Bonhams : Alix Jennings (British, 1884-1980) A Pekingese . 2024-09-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240820215717/https://www.bonhams.com/auction/28776/lot/193/alix-jennings-british-1884-1980-a-pekingese/ . 2024-08-20 .
  2. Book: Women's Who's who . 1934 . Shaw Publishing Company . 233 . en.
  3. Web site: 2024-08-20 . Jennings, Alix, 1884–1980 Art UK . 2024-09-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240820232604/https://artuk.org/discover/artists/jennings-alix-18841980 . 2024-08-20 .
  4. Book: Lady's Who's who . 1938 . Pallas Publishing Company . 499 . en.
  5. Book: Child, Dennis . Painters in the Northern Counties of England and Wales . 2002 . Dennis Child . 978-0-9523247-1-3 . 276 . en.
  6. Web site: 1927: Exhibition Catalogue . 2024-09-01 . chronicle250.com.
  7. Book: Exhibition of the Royal Academy . 1938 . Royal Academy of Arts. . 30 . en.
  8. Web site: 1941: Exhibition Catalogue . 2024-09-01 . chronicle250.com.
  9. Book: Gardeners Chronicle . 1968 . Purnell and Sons . 19 . en.
  10. Book: Gardeners Chronicle & Gardening Illustrated . 1963 . Gardeners Chronicle Limited . 360 . en.
  11. Book: Thackrah, John Richard . The University and Colleges of Oxford . 1981 . Dalton . 978-0-86138-002-2 . 116 . en.
  12. Book: Baker, John Norman Leonard . Jesus College, Oxford, 1571-1971 . 1971 . Jesus College, Oxford . 978-0-9502164-0-9 . 111 . en.
  13. Book: T.E. Lawrence Symposium Proceedings: A Collection of the Presentations Made at the T.E. Lawrence Symposium, Held May 20-21, 1988, at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Thomas Edward Lawrence, the Man and Legend Known as Lawrence of Arabia . 1988 . Pepperdine University . en.
  14. Web site: TE Lawrence - Jesus College TE Lawrence or Lawrence of Arabia . 2024-09-01 . Jesus College . en-GB.

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