Emily Chrisp

Emily M. Chrisp (1912–1974, née White, married surname often mistakenly given as Crisp) was an English artist who painted in the primitive/naïve style.

Career Chrisp began painting later in life, painting pictures for her grandchildren, and found fame in the late 1960s when model Twiggy's manager and boyfriend Justin de Villeneuve bought three of her paintings at an art fete at Hornsey. Interest followed, and not long after, her work was being shown in a West End art gallery. She was commissioned by the Duchess of Bedford to paint a view of Woburn Abbey as a gift for the Duke.

A painting of Chrisp's was featured on a 2022 episode of the BBC programme, The Repair Shop (series 10, episode 14), first broadcast on 5 October 2022. Conservator Lucia Scalisi repaired a large and intricate imaginary townscape that was flaking badly.