About Alix Jennings
Lived 1884 – 1980 (aged 95–96). Alix Jennings was a painter.
Alix Jennings (1884–1980) was a British artist, who specialised in portrait, animal and flower painting using oils. Her works are in the collections of the Museum of the Order of St John, Windsor & Royal Borough Museum and at Jesus College, Oxford.
Born Alix Thomson in Carlisle in 1884, she exhibited works at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition on several occasions, including: Good Deeds ("Everyman") (1927); White Blossom (1938); Phlox (1941). Her flower paintings were often exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show. Her portrait of T. E. Lawrence, closely inspired by a portrait by Augustus John, was commissioned by Jesus College as its official memorial to Lawrence.
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painter (1884–1980)
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Alix Jennings was born in 1884.
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Alix Jennings died in 1980.
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Alix Jennings was a painter.
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