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Anne Dunn

b. 1929

British artist (born 1929)

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About Anne Dunn

Born 1929. Anne Dunn is a British painter and artist.

Anne Dunn (born 4 September 1929) is an English artist associated with the second generation of the School of London.

Background and education Dunn was born at Norwich House on Norfolk Street, London, the daughter of Canadian steel magnate Sir James Dunn, 1st Baronet (1874–1956) and his second wife, Irene Clarice Richards. Her mother was a former musical-comedy actress who had previously been married to Francis Douglas, 11th Marquess of Queensberry.

Dunn studied in London at Chelsea School of Art (1949–50) and at the Anglo-French Centre (1952) before going to the Académie Julian in Paris, France in 1952.

Career From 1964 to 1967, she and Rodrigo Moynihan published the journal Art and Literature, edited by Sonia Orwell and John Ashbery.

In 1990, Dunn had a solo show at the Christopher Hull Gallery in London. Her most recent solo show was in 2005 at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York.

Personal life Dunn's first husband was the artist Michael Wishart (1928–1996); they were married for 10 years before divorcing, and had one son. Michael Wishart's autobiography High Diver (1977) is dedicated to her and gives a picture of the artist as a young woman.

Immediately after she and Wishart divorced in 1960, Dunn married Anglo-Spanish artist Rodrigo Moynihan (1910–1990), as his second wife. They had a son together and Dunn gained a stepson through the marriage.

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Académie Julian
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Anne Diana Dunn

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Who is Anne Dunn?

British artist (born 1929)

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Anne Dunn was born on 4 September 1929 in London.

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Anne Dunn is a painter and artist.

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Anne Dunn

· Wikidata: Q4768295

· DBpedia: Anne Dunn

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