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Evelyn Dunbar, "Self-portrait" (nd), oil on canvas (© The Artist's Estate, courtesy of Liss Llewellyn Fine Art)

Evelyn Dunbar was the only woman to be salaried as an Official British War Artist during World War II, painting and sketching images of the home front, particularly the Women's Land Army where civilians were employed in agriculture to fill in for absent soldiers.

helen warlow on Twitter: "‘Garden with White Dog ‘ by Melissa Scott-Miller . Fabulously detailed. London painter of gardens , long views and houses.… https://t.co/eXP53IbTsC"

“‘Garden with White Dog ‘ by Melissa Scott-Miller . Fabulously detailed. London painter of gardens , long views and houses.”

All sizes | Laurence Stephen Lowry - Home from the Pub [1944] | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

This work must rank amongst Lowry's most joyful war-time pictures, depicting a trio of merry women, dancing in the street after a visit to the local pub. We are not sure why they are celebrating and we are not aware of any other event going on around them, in fact they seem to be causing some disapproval amongst the onlookers, but their joy and bonhomie is very infectious to the viewer, even if one senses that this may be rather short-lived. [Christie’s, London - Oil on canvas, 34.4 x 41.9…

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