* PHILIP CONNARD CVO RA RWS (BRITISH 1875 - 1958), THE PORTRAIT OF MRS WILSON OF CASTLEHILL AND HER

oil on canvas, signed framed image size 90cm x 70cm, overall size 106cm x 85cm Note: Mrs Wilson is pictured seated with her son, Leslie Cowans Wilson (1920 – 1954), who died in the 1954 Prestwick Air Disaster. Note 2: Philip Connard, painter and teacher, born in Southport, Lancashire. At first he worked as a house painter and studied art part-time until he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art and in 1898 a British Institution Prize which took him to Paris. Returning to London he illustrated and taught at Lambeth School of Art. Showed widely, including RA, Leicester Galleries, RWS and NEAC as a member of both, Fine Art Society and elsewhere. Also showed solo at Leicester Galleries, and at Barbizon House. In World War I was an Official War Artist; painted murals for Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House, Windsor; also did decorations for the liner Queen Mary. Was elected RA in 1925 and Keeper, 1945–9. Connard was a painter of many facets, as his holding in the Tate Gallery shows. Died at Twickenham, Middlesex. One hundred and sixteen of his paintings are held in UK public collections.