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Isabel Rawsthorne

1912–1992

Baboon and Child c.1964
© Warwick Llewellyn Nicholas Estate (DACS)  
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Biography

Isabel Nicholas (10 July 1912 – 27 January 1992), also known at various times as Isabel Delmer, Isabel Lambert, and Isabel Rawsthorne was a British painter, scenery and costume designer, and occasional artists' model. During the Second World War she worked in black propaganda as part of the special operations executive of the British Intelligence. She was part of an artistic bohemian society that included Jacob Epstein, Alberto Giacometti and Francis Bacon.

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  • View through a Window II

    Isabel Rawsthorne
    1967
  • Male Baboon

    Isabel Rawsthorne
    c.1964
  • Baboon and Child

    Isabel Rawsthorne
    c.1964
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