ANNA GERTRUDE LAWSON [NAN] CHENEY. [1897-1985]. BCSFA. BCSA.

A close personal friend of Emily Carr. A supporter of her work on the board of the Vancouver Art Gallery. An exhibiting artist, a painter of portraits and landscapes. Cheney was also a significant Medical artist in her own right and was (the first artist) attached to the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, a post she retained until her retirement in 1962. The figure in the portrait was a nephew of the artist’s husband Dr. Hill Cheney.

Bibliography: Doreen Walker, “Dear Nan, the Letters of Emily Carr, Nan Cheney, and Humphrey Toms”, Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press, 1990.

Provenance: The Estate of the Artist, Vancouver; from thence by descent.

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