Man with fez, circa 1925

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Dorothy Hepworth (1894 - 1978)

SKU: 5768

Coloured chalks

approx 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 23 cm)

Presentation:
framed

Size:
Height – 30.5cm x Width – 23cm

DESCRIPTION

Hepworth mostly exhibited under the name of her lifelong companion and fellow painter Patricia Preece whom she met at the Slade in 1918. As a result, their work has frequently been confused. Preece (January 1894 ‚Äì June 1966), became the second wife of Stanley Spencer, for whom she modelled, in 1937, but she did not leave Hepworth eventually evicting Spencer from his house but refused to divorce him. After he was knighted in 1959, she insisted on being styled Lady Spencer and claimed a pension as his widow.

Throughout their lives, the gregarious Preece exhibited and sold the shy Hepworth’s paintings under her own name, causing the artist Augustus John to declare Preece one of the six greatest women artists in England. The Preece-Spencer relationship was dramatised in the 1996 Olivier Award-winning play Stanley.

We are grateful to Michael Dickens for his assistance.

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THE ARTIST

Dorothy

Hepworth

1894 - 1978

Painter, and lifelong friend and companion of the painter Patricia Preece, whom she met at the Slade School of Art. While studying there she first showed at the RA and in 1918-19 graduated with first-class honours. With Preece she set up a studio in London, then spent four years with her in Paris, where Hepworth studied at Atelier Colarossi. After returning to England in 1925 they rented cottages in the west of England. By 1927 they had settled in Cookham, Berkshire, where she lived with Preece, even during Preece’s bizarre marriage to the painter Stanley Spencer. Much of Patricia Preece’s output is known to be by Hepworth. A studio sale was held at Christie’s in 1984. Michael Dickens is currently preparing a biography of the artist.