CARTOON FOR QUEEN OF HEAVEN Evie Hone HRHA (1894-1955)
Medium: gouache over pencil on paper Dimensions: 23 by 18cm., 9 by 7in. Provenance: Provenance:Bequeathed to Margaret Clarke RHA(1888-1961), wife of Harry Clarke (1889-1931); Thence by descent to their son David Clarke When Evie Hone (1894-1955) died, she left half of her own work still in her studio to the portrait artist Margaret Clarke RHA(1888-1961), wife of Harry Clarke (1889-1931), her close friend for many ye... ears. Clarke supported Hone through difficult times, including her conversion to Catholicism in 1937, and in 19339, they spent some weeks travelling together in France, visiting art galleries and cathedrals. In the early fifties, Hone wrote to Clarke: You know how much it has meant to me having your friendship all these years - I could never tell you how much. It has made a great difference to my life and been a real sustaining power, more than you could imagine.' Clarke was a member of the committee that organised a large retrospective exhibition of Hone's work in 1958. On her death, Clarke bequeathed her Hone collection to her artist son, David Clarke (1920-2000) more
CARTOON FOR QUEEN OF HEAVEN Evie Hone HRHA (1894-1955)
Medium: gouache over pencil on paper Dimensions: 23 by 18cm., 9 by 7in. Provenance: Provenance:Bequeathed to Margaret Clarke RHA(1888-1961), wife of Harry Clarke (1889-1931); Thence by descent to their son David Clarke When Evie Hone (1894-1955) died, she left half of her own work still in her studio to the portrait artist Margaret Clarke RHA(1888-1961), wife of Harry Clarke (1889-1931), her close friend for many ye... ears. Clarke supported Hone through difficult times, including her conversion to Catholicism in 1937, and in 19339, they spent some weeks travelling together in France, visiting art galleries and cathedrals. In the early fifties, Hone wrote to Clarke: You know how much it has meant to me having your friendship all these years - I could never tell you how much. It has made a great difference to my life and been a real sustaining power, more than you could imagine.' Clarke was a member of the committee that organised a large retrospective exhibition of Hone's work in 1958. On her death, Clarke bequeathed her Hone collection to her artist son, David Clarke (1920-2000) more
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