Mollie Forestier-Walker Explained

Mollie Forestier-Walker
Birth Date:1912
Birth Place:Devon, England
Nationality:British
Alma Mater:West of England College of Art
Known For:Portrait painting

Mollie Forestier-Walker (1912–1990) was a British artist.

Biography

Forestier-Walker grew up in Devon and, as well as taking private art lessons, attended the West of England College of Art in Bristol.[1] [2] In 1944 Forestier-Walker painted a three-quarter length portrait of Wing Commander Guy Gibson in his RAF uniform. After Gibson was killed later that year the War Artists' Advisory Committee purchased the picture and it is now in the collection of the Imperial War Museum in London.[3] [4] In 1949 she exhibited a work at the Paris Salon for which she received an honourable mention.[2] She also exhibited with The Pastel Society, the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Gravers and with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Forestier-Walker lived in London and later at St Mawes in Cornwall.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Grant M. Waters. Eastbourne Fine Art. 1975. Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950.
  2. Book: David Buckman. Art Dictionaries Ltd. 2006. Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L . 0 953260 95 X.
  3. Web site: War Artist Archive, Mrs M(ollie) Forestier-Walker. 13 February 2019. Imperial War Museum.
  4. Web site: Wing Commander Guy Gibson, VC, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar. 13 February 2019. Imperial War Museum.