Rae, Iso 1860-1940 Australian Portrait of a Child. 2.5 ins., (6.5 cms.), Oil on Card, Signed. Verso: 'From Alison Rae 28th Sept 1941. Miniature painted by Iso Rae in our dear 'Home' Rue des Violiers, Etaples, Pas de Calais, France.' After leaving Australia in 1887 with her family, Iso Rae finally joined a number of artists living in Etaples. The attractive little town hosted quite an artistic community, which soon became a major hospital centre for wounded soldiers in World War I. Also about 100,000 troops were billeted in tents around the area. Iso was employed at the YMCA camp at Etaples, where she made over 200 drawings of soldiers about their day to day business. She was only one of two Australian painters able to depict the war at close quarters.. her sister, Alison, worked in one of the many hospitals there. Iso was a shy retiring person, but managed to exhibit in Australia as well the Old Salon in Paris and the RBA and the Society of Oil Painters in the UK. She eventually moved from France to the UK in 1932, where she stayed until her death in 1940. Alison obviously inherited this charming small painting and gave it as a present.
Rae, Iso 1860-1940 Australian Portrait of a Child. 2.5 ins., (6.5 cms.), Oil on Card, Signed. Verso: 'From Alison Rae 28th Sept 1941. Miniature painted by Iso Rae in our dear 'Home' Rue des Violiers, Etaples, Pas de Calais, France.' After leaving Australia in 1887 with her family, Iso Rae finally joined a number of artists living in Etaples. The attractive little town hosted quite an artistic community, which soon became a major hospital centre for wounded soldiers in World War I. Also about 100,000 troops were billeted in tents around the area. Iso was employed at the YMCA camp at Etaples, where she made over 200 drawings of soldiers about their day to day business. She was only one of two Australian painters able to depict the war at close quarters.. her sister, Alison, worked in one of the many hospitals there. Iso was a shy retiring person, but managed to exhibit in Australia as well the Old Salon in Paris and the RBA and the Society of Oil Painters in the UK. She eventually moved from France to the UK in 1932, where she stayed until her death in 1940. Alison obviously inherited this charming small painting and gave it as a present.
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