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Ethel Léontine Gabain (26 March 1883 Le Havre - 1950 London) was a French-English artist. She was the wife of print maker John Copley and the mother of actor Peter Copley, also called by her married name of Ethel Copley. While she was known for her oil portraits of actresses,〔() British Council Collection〕 she was one of the few artists of her time able to live on the sale of her lithographs.〔Wright, Harold J. L. "The Lithographs of Ethel Gabain." The Print Collector's Quarterly (1923) Vol 10, p. 256〕 She also did etchings, dry-points, as well as some posters.〔() Underground Group and London Transport posters 1921-1935〕 ==Personal life== Ethel had four sisters and one brother. Her father was French and her mother, Bessie, was born in Scotland. Her father, Charles Edward Gabain was a well off French coffee importer and on his retirement he moved the family to England to The Manor House, Bushey, Hertfordshire. Ethel was born in France and lived there for over twenty years. When she moved to England she was well equipped. She knew the country and was able to speak fluent English due to the fact, from the age of fourteen, she had boarded at Wycombe Abbey School, Buckinghamshire. The school encouraged her art skills and commissioned her to paint a portrait of Miss Ann Watt Whitelaw, who was a prominent headmistress there from 1911-1925. Ethel met her husband, John Copley, at the Senefelder Club. They lived in Kent for a time at The Yews in Longfield. Whilst here she adopted a small Remarque in the shape of a yew tree in the lower margin of her prints. She also used images of the pergolas and the sundial at their home. The family, Ethel, John, Peter and Christopher, moved to 10 Hampstead Square, NW3, where she had her studio on the top floor and John had a press which they used to work together. In 1925 John was so ill it was decided that the family should leave England and live in Alassio, Italy for a time. They stayed there for two and a half years. Ethel painted the landscape and gave art classes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ethel Léontine Gabain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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