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Ronald Ossory Dunlop, 1894–1973, British, Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, undated, Gouache on medium, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, beige board, Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948, B2009.9.23
Ronald Ossory Dunlop, 1894–1973, British, Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, undated
- Title:
Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Gouache on medium, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, beige board
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 22 x 15 1/2 inches (55.9 x 39.4 cm) and Sheet: 20 9/16 x 15 1/2 inches (52.3 x 39.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
signed in black gouache, lower right: "R Dunlop"; undated
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
- Copyright Status:
- © Estate of the Artist
- Accession Number:
- B2009.9.23
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- duchess | earrings | portrait | royalty | woman
- Associated People:
- Windsor [née Warfield; other married names Spencer, Simpson], (Bessie) Wallis, duchess of Windsor (1896–1986), wife of Edward, duke of Windsor
- Access:
- View by request in the Study Room [Request]
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Wallis Simpson has gone down in history as being the twice-divorced American socialite for whom King Edward VIII abdicated the throne on December 10, 1936, in order to marry, six months later. This watercolor portrait of Simpson by the Irish artist Ronald Ossory Dunlop was likely painted around the time of the abdication crisis. Although largely forgotten today, Dunlop came to prominence in the 1930s following his first successful one-man show at the Redfern Gallery in London in 1929. During the ensuing decade, he produced many landscapes in oil and watercolor but also painted portraits of prominent society figures. The artist was primarily an exponent of alla prima painting and advocated a vigorous, expressionist technique so as to infuse his oils and watercolors with vitality and emotion. Gallery label for A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
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