Gwen Le Gallienne

Gwen Le Gallienne
BornGwendolyn Hinton Perry
1897
France
Died1990
Kensington, London, England
OccupationArtist, painter, sculptor
RelativesRichard Le Gallienne (step-father)
Eva Le Gallienne (step-sister)

Gwen Le Gallienne (born Gwendolyn Hinton Perry; 5 November 1898 – 21 November 1990)[1][2] was a French-born, American-raised, England-based painter and sculptor.[3][4] She was the first woman allowed to sketch battlefield scenes by the British War Office.[5]

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  3. ^ Glassco, John (2012). Memoirs of Montparnasse. New York Review of Books. ISBN 9781590175378. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  4. ^ Hansen, Arlen (2014). Expatriate Paris: A Cultural and Literary Guide to Paris of the 1920s. New York City: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-1611456998. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
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