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Portrait of Mollie Phillips the Olympic Ice Skater, at The London Ice Club, early 1930’s

SKU: 4011
Oil on canvas,
40 x 34 ins. (101.6 x 86.4 cm.)
Presentation:
unframed

Size:
Height – 101.6cm x Width – 86.4cm

DESCRIPTION

Mollie Phillips was the flag bearer for the Great Britain team in one of the pre-war Winter Olympic Games and was also the first female to referee an international skating competition. 

The rink is likely to be the the London Ice Club, which now does not exist anymore. According to The Times (26 January 1933), Mollie Phillips took part in a championship there. 
 

The London Ice Club was opened with a special dinner on 14 January 1927. It had been conceived by the enthusiastic mountaineer Stephen Courtauld (1883-1967), youngest brother of Samuel who later founded the Courtauld Institute of Art. The venue was a private members club, requiring an annual subscription on top of the entrance fees. In 1928 around 500 children from the poorest homes in Westminster’ were allowed to become honorary members’ for one afternoon and to try out the ice with all sorts of sliding devices’. In 1936 the purpose-built premises were re-christened Westminster Ice Rink and opened to the public.
We are grateful to Beatrice Behlen and James Huntington-Whitely for their assistance.

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