Gwen Le Gallienne | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gwendolyn Hinton Perry 1897 France |
| Died | 1990 Kensington, London, England |
| Occupation | Artist, painter, sculptor |
| Relatives | Richard Le Gallienne (step-father) Eva Le Gallienne (step-sister) |
Gwen Le Gallienne (born Gwendolyn Hinton Perry; 5 November 1898 – 21 November 1990)[1][2] was a French-born, American-raised, England-based painter and sculptor.[3][4] She was the first woman allowed to sketch battlefield scenes by the British War Office.[5]
Life
Gwendolyn was born to Irma Perry (née Hinton) and Roland Hinton Perry in 1897. Her parents were first cousins. She was Richard Le Gallienne's step-daughter, and took the name Gwen Le Gallienne.[3] Her mother Irma was Richard Le Gallienne's third wife, and Irma and Richard married in 1911.[3][6] Gwen was considered somewhat of a celebrity, starting in the 1920s, due to her nonconformity to sexual and social norms which led her to stand out.[3] Her personality was even notable among the Montparnasse bohemian circle.[3] Gwen was noted for having an affair with Louise Bryant. Gwen was friends with Stephen Ward during this time.[7] Gwen and Bryant started their affair early in 1928, which caused much strain in Bryant's marriage.[8] Allegedly, Bryant's husband (former U.S. diplomatic envoy to Soviet Russia, William C. Bullitt) found Louise's personal notes about her affair with Gwen and this caused their divorce.[9][10][11] Gwen was also involved with artist Yvette Ledoux, daughter of Urbain Ledoux ("Mr. Zero"), but Ledoux became involved with (and later married) the Surrealist painter Georges Malkine on a trip they all took in January 1929.[3] Her closing years were spent in the Distressed Gentlefolks Association's nursing home in Vicarage Gate, Kensington, London.
Career
Gwen was exhibiting her art by her twenties.[12][13] She had multiple solo shows of her work.[14] In 1940, Le Gallienne was the first female painter who was allowed by the United Kingdom's War Office to go to war sites and paint scenes of battles.[5][15] Gwen also served in British intelligence during the war.[7]
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- ↑ "Guendolyn Geneviève Perry in the Paris, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1555-1929". Ancestry. Ancestry. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ↑ "GRO online indexes". GRO online indexes. General Register Office. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Glassco, John (2012). Memoirs of Montparnasse. New York Review of Books. ISBN 9781590175378. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ↑ Hansen, Arlen (2014). Expatriate Paris: A Cultural and Literary Guide to Paris of the 1920s. New York City: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-1611456998. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- 1 2 "Woman Artist Back in England". Newspapers.com. The Winnipeg Tribune. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ↑ Wichkam Legg, E.G.; Williams, E.T., eds. (1959). Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- 1 2 Summers, Anthony; Dorril, Stephen (2014). The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward: Sex, Scandal, and Deadly Secrets in the Profumo Affair. Open Road Media. ISBN 9781480466982.
- ↑ Srodes, James (2012). On Dupont Circle: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Progressives Who Shaped Our World. Counterpoint. p. 173.
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- ↑ Gallagher, Dorothy. "Radically Chic". The New York Times. No. February 11, 1996. The New York Times. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ↑ Simkin, John. "Louise Bryant". Spartacus Educational. Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ↑ Gardner, Virginia (1982). "Friend and Lover": The Life of Louise Bryant. Horizon Press.
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- ↑ "Untitled". Newspapers.com. The Greenwood Commonwealth. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ↑ "Arts Magazine, Volumes 1-2". 1926. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ↑ "The Pittsburgh Press - July 7, 1935". Newspapers.com. The Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ↑ "Untitled". Newspapers.com. The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader. Retrieved 31 March 2018.