Head of a Girl (Paula Rego) (1952-53)

Victor Willing

oil on canvas

Gracefield Arts Centre (Dumfriesshire Educational Trust), Dumfries

Photo credit: Dumfries and Galloway Council (Gracefield) © the artist's estate

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Canvas

Dimensions:

49.5 x 62.2 cm

Accession Number:

DGDET 331D

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1956

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the artist by Eric Craven 'Peter' Gregory (1888 - 1959) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1954; presented to Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, 1956

Relationship:

Eric Craven 'E. C.' Peter Gregory Gracefield Arts Centre (Dumfriesshire Educational Trust), Dumfries

This portrait was purchased by E. C. 'Peter' Gregory (1888-1959) who was the annual elected buyer for the Contemporary Art Society, in January 1954. Gregory said he paid the young artist £25 on the spot 'as he was hard up and needed the cash'. Victor Willing had been recommended by Sir William Coldstream (1908-1987), Professor and Director at the Slade School of Fine Art Art, where he and the sitter, later his future second wife, were both pupils.

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