MARIT GUINNESS ASCHAN (1919 – 2004)
“Cynthera”
Enamel. 4 ˝" x 6 ˝" (114 x 165mm).
Originally
exhibited Leicester Galleries Exhibition of Works by the Artist, May 1962, No.
16.
Purchased
by M. Durlacher Esq. Bears original
exhibition labels IMAGE
Marit
Guinness Aschan was born in 1919, the daughter of Samuel Guinness. She was an enamellist and painter. She was
President of the Artist Enamellers since its foundation in 1968. She exhibited her work at the Royal Academy;
the Leicester Galleries; the Lincoln
Center New York, Saga Gallery London, Benney
London; the Museum
of Fine Arts Boston and
the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths.
She also had solo shows at Beaux Arts; the International Faculty of
Arts; the Leicester Galleries; Roy Miles, London,
The Minories, Colchester; Lilienfield Gallery
and Van Diemen-Lilienfeld Galleries, New York;
Bodley Gallery, New York; Waldhorn Company Inc. New Orleans; Galerie J.
Kraus Paris; Inter Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela and Oslo Kunstforening,
Gallerie Galtung, Oslo. Work by Marit
Guinness Aschan is in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert
Museum; Worshipful Company of
Goldsmiths, London; Paul Oppé
Collection, Brooklyn Museum; New York University Art Collection; Fordham
University Art Collection; Yale University Art Gallery; Nelson Gallery and
Atkins Museum, Kansas; North Carolina State Museum of Art, Raleigh; Rochester
Art Gallery, New York; University of Kansas Museum of Art, New Orleans Museum
of Art; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York; Weatherspoon Art Gallery,
University of North Carolina; Finch College Art Gallery; J. R. Abbey
Collection; Hugo & Reine Pitman Collection; Norwegian Embassy Collection;
Iliffe Collection; John Studzinski Collection; H.M. the late King Olav V of Norway;
H.M. The Queen of Norway; Hans Rasmus Astrup Collection; Ian Woodner Family
Collection New York; Beal Foundation Collection, Boston; Martin & Els Wyler
Collection, Switzerland; Madame Jacques Koerfer Collection, Switzerland; Boston
Museum of Fine Arts; Arts Ins Club Chicago and The Royal Norwegian Embassy,
London; Kunstindustrimuseet, Oslo. She
also produced the central enamel work on the Louis Osman Cross at Exeter
Cathedral. She lived at 6 Cheyne Walk, London and had her studio
at Moravian Close, 381 Kings Road,
London. She was a Member of Chelsea Arts Club.
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Marit Guinness Aschan
25 Chelsea Park Gardens
London
SW3
Dear Ms Aschan
I recently discovered one of your pictures in a country sale
– a wonderful little abstract in enamel, exhibited at the Leicester Gallery in
1962. In researching this picture I came
across your address and wonder whether you are still painting and exhibiting.
I would be most interested to see more of your work and
would very much like to meet you with the possibility of exhibiting some of
your work in my Gallery.
I look forward to hearing from you and enclose a stamped
addressed envelope for your use.
Yours sincereley
Barry Keene
