I have a cottage filled with floral oil and watercolour paintings, they bring the garden inside and at this time of year it's nice to be surrounded by flowers!
However, one of my favourite paintings is a delightful oil painting of a little girl. It was painted in 1933 by Alix Jennings and written on the back is the name 'Alice Scatterbrook'. I have always wondered who she is. The surname sounds as though it originates from the North of England but I have no information on her.
I think she is adorable! The painting charms me every time I look at it! With those big blue eyes, her lovely rosy cheeks, pretty golden curls and wonderful pink dress, who can failed to be charmed by her?! Given the age of the painting, if the adult Alice is still around, then she would probably be in her late 70's or early 80's.
Does anyone else have something special they would like to know more about?
She certainly is a charmer Clare.
ReplyDeleteSo beautifully painted too! I wonder how long she sat still for the artist to paint her.
Maybe one day you will find the answer as to who she is - blogger is a powerful thing!
Oh, your little Alice is such a cute girl. I fully understand why you adore her painting. Did you already google for her family name?
ReplyDeleteHi Anita, yes, I have tried searching via google but had no luck - hopefully someone out there may know something! Clare
ReplyDeleteOh Clare, Alice is so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely painting. I can see why you like it so much. It would be facinating to find out more about her.
ReplyDeleteAlice is adorable I wonder who she is, where she came from and what she did? A lovely post Clare.
ReplyDeleteI'm charmed
ReplyDeleteClare,
ReplyDeleteGoogle has a lot of postings about scatterbrook farm and alice, maybe it is a picture of the Alice from scatterbrook farm.
Clare, she is just beautiful! What a treasure your painting of Alice is!
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Hi Clare thank you for your blog, this is a whole new blog world for me and it seems pretty big!
ReplyDeleteYour painting is beautiful, I love picking up old wedding pictures at markets and antique stores and often wonder about who the people were in the photo and what happened to them.
Love your blogs - Ginny
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ReplyDeleteThat's a charming painting, and you can almost see what she would look like today if she were still alive. It would be nice to know more about her.
ReplyDeleteWhen my now 70-year-old sister was in her early 20s, she was a painter's model and many years later I came across her likeness in a group of pictures for sale in a department store. I really felt the past tapping me on my shoulder that day!
Scatterbrook is a very intriguing name...sounds like it's out of an old novel. Sweet!
ReplyDeleteThat is the sweetest picture. She looks how I imagine my little girl will look in 1 or 2 years. How lucky you are to have her!
ReplyDeletei lived in Farnborough Hants as a girl and have some paintings by Alix Jennings who I frequently visited in her studio. She painted well into her 80's and that was 1960's andshe must have family decendants who could unraval the facts who alice was
ReplyDeleteDiana now in Kent