Still Life by Mary Constance Lloyd (1873 – 1968)
A beautiful little still life by Mary Constance Lloyd (1873 – 1968).
An enigmatic artist largely forgotten to time, Mary Constance Lloyd trained at the Slade School of Fine Art under Henry Tonks and later, Simon Bussy. She was a close friend of Gwen John and moved to Paris in 1904 where John would sit for Lloyd on a number of occasions. In 1912 her work was shown at London’s Alpine Club, alongside that of Roger Fry, Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell.
Towards the end of the war Lloyd was able to return to England for a visit and, interviewed by The Birmingham Mail, recounted how she was arrested by Germans in her Parisian flat on 5 December 1940 and taken to the Vauban Barracks where 5000 other women with British passports were housed.
In the immediate post-war period Constance’s long-time friendships bore fruit with Duncan Grant being instrumental in organising her a joint exhibition in 1947 with Janie Bussy at the Adams Gallery in London. Constance Lloyd lived another 16 years, dying in her apartment in Paris.
Oil on board.
31cm x 26cm.
C1934.
Literature
Another still life from the same period can be seen in the Bloomsbury collection of Charleston Farmhouse.
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A beautiful little still life by Mary Constance Lloyd (1873 – 1968).
An enigmatic artist largely forgotten to time, Mary Constance Lloyd trained at the Slade School of Fine Art under Henry Tonks and later, Simon Bussy. She was a close friend of Gwen John and moved to Paris in 1904 where John would sit for Lloyd on a number of occasions. In 1912 her work was shown at London’s Alpine Club, alongside that of Roger Fry, Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell.
Towards the end of the war Lloyd was able to return to England for a visit and, interviewed by The Birmingham Mail, recounted how she was arrested by Germans in her Parisian flat on 5 December 1940 and taken to the Vauban Barracks where 5000 other women with British passports were housed.
In the immediate post-war period Constance’s long-time friendships bore fruit with Duncan Grant being instrumental in organising her a joint exhibition in 1947 with Janie Bussy at the Adams Gallery in London. Constance Lloyd lived another 16 years, dying in her apartment in Paris.
Oil on board.
31cm x 26cm.
C1934.
Literature
Another still life from the same period can be seen in the Bloomsbury collection of Charleston Farmhouse.
London collection or worldwide shipping available on all items. Please email beforehand for a quote, or select pick up at checkout.
A beautiful little still life by Mary Constance Lloyd (1873 – 1968).
An enigmatic artist largely forgotten to time, Mary Constance Lloyd trained at the Slade School of Fine Art under Henry Tonks and later, Simon Bussy. She was a close friend of Gwen John and moved to Paris in 1904 where John would sit for Lloyd on a number of occasions. In 1912 her work was shown at London’s Alpine Club, alongside that of Roger Fry, Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell.
Towards the end of the war Lloyd was able to return to England for a visit and, interviewed by The Birmingham Mail, recounted how she was arrested by Germans in her Parisian flat on 5 December 1940 and taken to the Vauban Barracks where 5000 other women with British passports were housed.
In the immediate post-war period Constance’s long-time friendships bore fruit with Duncan Grant being instrumental in organising her a joint exhibition in 1947 with Janie Bussy at the Adams Gallery in London. Constance Lloyd lived another 16 years, dying in her apartment in Paris.
Oil on board.
31cm x 26cm.
C1934.
Literature
Another still life from the same period can be seen in the Bloomsbury collection of Charleston Farmhouse.
London collection or worldwide shipping available on all items. Please email beforehand for a quote, or select pick up at checkout.