Sir Robert Vere 'Robin' Darwin KCB CBE RA RSA PRWA NEAC (British, 1910–1974)
Sir Robert Vere 'Robin' Darwin KCB CBE RA RSA PRWA NEAC (British, 1910–1974)
Female Nude
Oil on Canvas
- Signed and dated (19)'47' lower right
- Painting - 76cm x 63.5cm
- Frame - 97cm x 83cm
Lot Notes
A very fine example of the work of Robin Darwin (Sir Robert Vere Darwin) depicting a model seated nude in an interior. Signed and dated lower right.
Condition
In very fine condition. The canvas not lined, torn, patched or repaired. Clean, most attractive, well framed and ready to hang.
Artist Information
Sir Robert Vere Darwin KCB CBE RA RSA was a British artist, President of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours, and Rector of the Royal College of Art. He was the son of the golf writer Bernard Darwin and his wife the engraver Elinor Monsell. One of his sisters was the potter Ursula Mommens. He was a great-grandson of the naturalist Charles Darwin. In 1931, he married artist Yvonne Darby (1900? – 1985). After their divorce, he later married Ginette Hewitt who had been previously married to Lt-Col Kenneth Morton-Evans, OBE, TD and Bar, by whom she had two children, a son, Michael and a daughter, Angela.