Join us on Saturday 25th November, 11.15am for about an hour & a half, at The Beecroft Gallery’s lecture theatre when we’ll explore the art of sisters Doris and Anna Zinkeisen, with especial regard to:
“Promenade Scene ‘Old Southend'” by Anna Zinkeisen [1930s; artuk.org; Beecroft].
We’ll discuss how the painting fits in with the artist’s work more broadly, how her vision compares with other 1930s pictures of Southend and wonder what could have brought Anna – perhaps with her sister – to sunny Southend in its inter-war heyday.
All welcome!
£10 admission on the door includes coffee at the Jazz Centre (lower ground floor).
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As ever these meetings are very much about sharing ideas & resources for interest & further research…
- There is a brilliant essay by Alicia Foster on artuk.org [here], noting in her introduction:
Doris Zinkeisen (1897–1991) and Anna Zinkeisen (1901–1976) are unusual in the history of art. The sisters both had careers as fine and decorative artists and worked together on the same commissions at times. Their work encompassed the extremes of twentieth-century experience: from the glamour and pleasure of high society and theatreland, to the horrors of the Second World War and the Holocaust.
- Doris Zinkeisen’s poster design work is also highlighted in a BBC News essay: “Poster Girls exhibition showcases forgotten design heroines” [here].
- And, for anyone looking for a relevant book “The Art of Doris and Anna Zinkeisen” (2021; Unicorn Publishing Group – sadly not apparently available via the Library) is a fascinating overview of the sisters’ lives and paintings, and includes a chapter focusing on Doris Zinkeisen’s “The Misses Jane and Anne Grahame Johnstone and Miss Julia Heseltine” painted in the 1950s and now in the Ipswich Museums collection.
I’ll update this further as we go. Please also let me know of anything you find that could be included!
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