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§ John Frye Bourne (British 1912-1991)
The Lacrosse Girl, 1950 signed 'JF Bourne' (lower right) oil on canvas 124 x 69cm

Footnote: Born in Hampstead in 1912, John Frye Bourne’s childhood was blighted by recurring bouts of sickness. During his frequent periods of convalescence, however, Bourne spent his time learning to paint and draw and by the age of 16, he was accepted to study at the Royal Academy – the institution’s youngest student since J. M. W. Turner was admitted in 1790, aged 14. After his early training, Bourne continued to paint throughout his lifetime and, during the mid-20th century, became a popular portrait artist amongst fashionable circles. Depicting Kay Sanders, a student at St. George’s School, Harpenden, the present lot is typical of Bourne’s nostalgic and idealised renderings of mid-century English culture.

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