biografía de Phyllis Marjorie L. FFRENCH (1921)

Lugar de nacimiento: Melbourne, Australia

Direcciones: NYC

Profesión: Painter

Estudios: Caroline Weir, Melbourne; Melbourne Nat. Gal.; with Sir John Langstaff, Melbourne; with Dr. George Wang Wu, Shanghai, China; with Max Meldrum, Melbourne; CGA.

Exposiciones: Proud's, Sydney, Australia, 1944 (solo); McClees, Phila., 1945 (solo); Gal. de Bennecaze, Algiers, 1953 (solo); Grife y Escoda, Barcelona, Spain, 1954 (solo); Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, NYC, 1969 (solo, retrospective). Awards: first prize for "Fuschia" (pastel), Canterbury Hort. Soc., 1929; first prize for "Gladioli" (watercolor), Caroline Weir, 1932.

Asociaciones: Burr Artists.

Obra: "Yellow Roses" (painting), Hornsby Col., NSW, Australia; "Easter Lily" (painting), Rosenberg Foundation & Mus., Phila. Commissions: Mrs. Helen Caskin (portrait in oils), Phila., 1947; Col. George Donnelly (portrait in oils), NYC, 1948; two portraits in oil of Dr. Mary Roos Podea & Charles Roos, Jr., NYC, 1949; Prince Siradje Ali ed Din (portrait in oils), Algiers, Algeria, 1953; Kenneth Huebner (portrait in oils), NYC, 1964.

Comentarios: Preferred media: oils, watercolors, pencils, inks, crayons. Teaching: instr., private classes, 1943-53.

Fuentes: WW73; Carol Wharten, "Perceptual Painting," Baltimore Sun, 1947; R. Rostagny, "Mme. Phyllis Linnell-Ffrench," Dernière Heure, Algiers, France, 1954; M. Irurozqui, "Phyllis M. Linnell-Ffrench," La Prensa, Spain, 1954.