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George Carr Drinkwater Art

British, 1880-1941

George Carr Drinkwater was an architect, portrait and figure painter. He was educated at the Dragon School, Oxford, followed by the Rugby School, Rugby, and then the Wadham College, University of Oxford, where he rowed in the Oxford eight in the University Boat Race in 1902 and 1903. He fought in the Boer War and WWI and was awarded the Queen’s Medal and the Military Cross and was twice mentioned in dispatches. In civilian life, he was a portrait painter and architect, roving correspondent for The Daily Telegraph and author (with Terence Sanders) of The University Boat Race Official Centenary History, 1829–1929. In 1914, he married Carmen Hill, a singer active in London during the early 1900s. They lived at 8 Warwick Avenue, London and had a son, John. He died in 1941 aged 60 through enemy action. He exhibited at Liverpool, the Royal Academy of Arts, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Institute of Painters in Oil.

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Artist: George Carr Drinkwater
Cecily Byrne as Mary Stewart - British art 30's actress portrait oil painting
By George Carr Drinkwater
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Painted by George Carr Drinkwater, this vibrant oil on canvas depicts the actress of stage and screen Cecily Byrne as Mary Stuart. Painted circa 1930 it is a stunning evocative portrait of an actress who was famous throughout the 1930’s. A fine portrait of a long forgotten film star. Cecily Byrne (1889-1975) was an actress, known for Loyalties, Henry IV and Brown Sugar...
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1930s Realist George Carr Drinkwater Art

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