Anne Dunn

Anne Dunn (born 4 September 1929) is an English artist ^[1] associated with the second generation of the School of London.

Background and education

Dunn was born at Norwich House on Norfolk Street, London, ^[2] 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. ^{[3] [4]}

Career

From 1964 to 1968, she edited the journal Art and Literature with Rodrigo Moynihan, Sonia Orwell and John Ashbery.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 1990, Dunn had a solo show at the Christopher Hull Gallery in London.^{[ citation needed ]} Her most recent solo show was in 2005 at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York.^{[ citation needed ]}

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Schuyler, James; Pettet, Simon (1998). Selected art writings. David R. Godine Publisher. p. 243. ISBN   978-1-57423-076-5.
2. "Births". The Times . 7 September 1929. p. 1.
3. "Anne Dunn". Gallery 78. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
4. "Anne Dunn". Gallery 78. Retrieved 31 May 2022.