Still Life on Table

Location

Country: Jordan
City: Amman
Place: British Embassy

Illustrator, designer, artist and fashion journalist, Lydia Kemeny began her career at Vogue magazine in 1945. She later produced fashion illustrations for Shopping and Harper’s Bazaar and designs for Wolsey, Yardley, Revlon and Elizabeth Arden’s advertising campaigns. Kemeny was appointed a lecturer at St Martin’s School of Art in 1972 and became Head of Fashion and Textiles in 1976. Many of the students she taught at the college are now some of the most well-known names in British and international fashion, including Bill Gibb, Rifat Ozbek and John Galliano. In 1988 Kemeny became Reader in Fashion for the London Institute and was based at the London College of Fashion. She became a Fellow of the London Institute in 1996. She died in London on 4 January 2012.

Places

Subjects

still life, petal, apple, banana, orange, pear, flower, basket, table cloth, table (as Subject)

Materials & Techniques

lithograph

Artist

Lydia Kemeny (1925 - 4 January 2012)

Title

Still Life on Table

Edition

A/P

Date

Medium

Lithograph

Acquisition

Purchased from Editions Alecto, February 1973

Inscription

below image: Artist's proof / Lydia Kemeny

GAC number

10076