i have been trying to find out who painted
this for ages...and flicking through the ads at the back of Vogue i finally find it...fantastic! i now know that it is called "Saw Ohn Nyun" and is by
Sir Gerald Festus Kelly. there are indeed two additional versions that i have also found (so far, i have a feeling there are several more); "Burmese Pearl" (girl in yellow sarong) and "Burmese Silk" (girl in pink sarong) and the sitter for these portraits was sister-in-law of the Rajah of Thi-Pawin Burma.
they are so beautiful, but so sad....i am definitely going to get a print...now which one?!
picked up this at an auction recently - 1963 print in a beautiful frame - did you get one??
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ReplyDeleteyes i did manage to get hold of one - Burmese Pearl with the yellow sarong...and since then i have been seeing them everywhere (3 in one shop in Margate and 1 in a shop near me in London) which is spooky. i'm still hoping to get one of the other ones one day!
sam