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Gunn, James (1893-1964)

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Name
Gunn, James (1893-1964)
Nationality
Scottish
Biography
Glasgow-born artist (Herbert) James Gunn briefly studied art at Glasgow and Edinburgh be-fore moving to the Académie Julian in Paris in 1911. After serving with the 10th Scottish Rifles in the First World War, Gunn returned to Scotland where he married twice within a decade. His second wife, Pauline Miller, became a model for some of his best-known paintings. In 1929 Gunn decided to devote himself to portraiture and soon established a prolific and successful career in London. His portraits are sometimes sombre but always carefully painted, with close attention to detail. His distinguished sitters included Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip and the Queen Mother. Yet official recognition was slow to come, and only in 1961 was Gunn finally made a member of the Royal Academy.
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Assets (50 in total)

Pauline, 1929 (oil on canvas)
Pauline in the Yellow Dress, 1944 (oil on canvas)
Sonja in Green, (oil on canvas)
Portrait of Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940)
Portrait of a Woman in Red (oil on canvas)
Portrait of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (1912-93), 1955 (oil on canvas)
H.M. Queen Elizabeth II (oil on canvas)
Conversation Piece: Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936), Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) and Maurice Baring (1874-1945), 1932 (oil on board)
The Eve of the Battle of the Somme, 1916 (oil on canvas)
On Deck, 1925 (oil on canvas)
Portrait of James Pryde (1866-1941) c.1931 (oil on canvas)
Howe's Bathing Station, c.1925 (oil on canvas)
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