Lilias Torrance Newton (Quebec 1896-1980 ) - Elise Kingman 1930
Kingman was the painter’s friend: the two served together in London during the First World War. Here, Torrance newton depicts her a woman of leisure, unattached and at liberty to enjoy the newfound freedoms of the day. Her gaze is authoritative yet aloof, while her revealed shoulder suggests a softer side, amplified by the lily at right. “The impact of her sitter’s personality on mine is what I paint,” Torrance Newton once famously said. A contemporary critic wrote that her colours “dazzle like the screech of a trumpet.”
Lilias Torrance Newton (Quebec 1896-1980 ) - Elise Kingman 1930
Kingman was the painter’s friend: the two served together in London during the First World War. Here, Torrance newton depicts her a woman of leisure, unattached and at liberty to enjoy the newfound freedoms of the day. Her gaze is authoritative yet aloof, while her revealed shoulder suggests a softer side, amplified by the lily at right. “The impact of her sitter’s personality on mine is what I paint,” Torrance Newton once famously said. A contemporary critic wrote that her colours “dazzle like the screech of a trumpet.”