Flora Lion
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Flora Lion was an English portrait painter. She is known for her portraits of society figures, landscapes and murals.
Lion received formal training at the Royal Academy of Art School from 1895 to 1899 and the Académie Julian
in Paris 1899-1900.
During the First World War she was commissioned to paint factory scenes of the home front
, two of which are in the collection of the Imperial War Museum
, London. Among her later commissions were a group portrait of a young Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
, Duchess of York flanked by two cousins; a portrait of the wife of the Spanish ambassador, for which she received the Silver Medal, 1921, from the Société des Artistes Français
; the suffragette Flora Drummond
(1936); the celebrated conductor Sir Henry Joseph Wood (1937); and, a second time in 1940, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, by then queen-consort to King George VI. She received the Gold Medal from the Société des Artistes Français in 1949.
Lion received formal training at the Royal Academy of Art School from 1895 to 1899 and the Académie Julian
Académie Julian
The Académie Julian was an art school in Paris, France.Rodolphe Julian established the Académie Julian in 1868 at the Passage des Panoramas, as a private studio school for art students. The Académie Julian not only prepared students to the exams at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts, but offered...
in Paris 1899-1900.
During the First World War she was commissioned to paint factory scenes of the home front
Home front
Home front is the informal term commonly used to describe the civilian populace of the nation at war as an active support system of their military....
, two of which are in the collection of the Imperial War Museum
Imperial War Museum
Imperial War Museum is a British national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London. The museum was founded during the First World War in 1917 and intended as a record of the war effort and sacrifice of Britain and her Empire...
, London. Among her later commissions were a group portrait of a young Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...
, Duchess of York flanked by two cousins; a portrait of the wife of the Spanish ambassador, for which she received the Silver Medal, 1921, from the Société des Artistes Français
Société des artistes français
The Société des Artistes Français is the association of French painters and sculptors established in 1881. Its annual exhibition is called the Salon....
; the suffragette Flora Drummond
Flora Drummond
Flora McKinnon Drummond , , was a British suffragette...
(1936); the celebrated conductor Sir Henry Joseph Wood (1937); and, a second time in 1940, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, by then queen-consort to King George VI. She received the Gold Medal from the Société des Artistes Français in 1949.
Further reading
- Wood, Christopher. (Dictionary of British Art, Volume IV) Victorian Painters 1.