Portrait of Mary Adshead, probably at work in the artist’s garden at Haverstock Hill, London

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Literature: Llewellyn, Sacha, and Paul Liss. Portrait of an Artist. Liss Llewellyn, 2021, p.234.

Bone’s rapidly painted ‘en plein air’ sketches were the subject of  popular one-man shows at Leferve, Redfern, The Leceister Galleries and The Fine Art Society. His remarkable productivity (he aimed to paint at least one panel a day) was only curtailed  by the fact that he died prematurely –  at the age of 54.  He painted his wife Mary at work on several occasions.

Mary Adshead, Self Portrait, 1931, Sheffield Art Gallery