Large Oil Royal Academy Artist Margaret Milnes

A superb oil on canvas portrait of Carolyn Studio label verso priced 50 Gns Wonderfully painted Subtle use of colours Intricate detail A very pleasing portrait Margaret Milne studio label verso Shabby chic frame (slightly distressed) Royal Academy listed artist Margaret Milnes 1908-1998 Margaret Milne was a painter who was born in Wimbledon, London, into a family of painters, her great-grandfather was the Victorian landscape artist George Chester, (1813-1897). Milne studied at Regent Street Polytechnic from 1926-30, and after World War II she worked as a freelance book illustrator on commissions from publishers Raphael Tuck. By the mid-1950's she had turned to portrait painting and showed at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of British Artists and at the Paris Salon. Milnes had her own gallery in Ditchling, Sussex where she exhibited her own work and also showed locally at Hove Museum & Art Gallery.