Douglas Chandor | |
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 Chandor in 1921 | |
| Born | Douglas Granville Chandor 20 August 1897 Warlingham, Surrey, England |
| Died | 13 January 1953 (aged 55) Weatherford, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Portrait painter and garden designer |
| Spouses | Pamela Trelawny
(m. 1920; div. 1932)Ina Kuteman Hill (m. 1934) |
| Children | 1 |
| Father | John Arthur Chandor |
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Douglas Granville Chandor (20 August 1897 – 13 January 1953) was a British-born American painter of portraits, of which he created more than 200.
His early paintings included two of the Prince of Wales (the future Edward VIII). In 1923, he was commissioned to paint the British Empire Prime Ministers During the Imperial Conference at 10 Downing Street. He later painted Winston Churchill and Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, and did a sketch of the "Big Three at Yalta", although the painting never happened. His 1952 portrait of Elizabeth II is in the British Government Art Collection, and is the first painted portrait for which she sat following her accession. His other portraits include Sara Delano Roosevelt, U.S. president Herbert Hoover, and U.S. financier and statesman Bernard Baruch.
He designed Chandor Gardens in Weatherford, Texas, which are a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.