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Dora de Houghton Carrington (29 March 1893 – 11 March 1932), known generally as Carrington, was an English painter and decorative artist, remembered in part for her association with members of the Bloomsbury Group, especially the writer Lytton Strachey.
Feb 19, 2020 · It was Carrington's complicated relationship with one of group's members, the writer and critic Lytton Strachey, that caught the imagination of director Christopher Hampton, whose 1995 film Carrington depicts the life and loves of the artist, played by Emma Thompson.
Jonathan Pryce as Strachey, Steven Waddington as Ralph Partridge and Emma Thompson as Dora Carrington in the film Carrington. Strachey was portrayed by Jonathan Pryce in the film Carrington (1995), [28] which won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival that year, while Pryce won Best Actor for his performance.
Carrington had known Strachey for many years at the time of this painting, having met her during the early years of her friendship with Lytton Strachey. The two women cultivated a close friendship, which provided Carrington with a confidante.
- British
- March 29, 1893
- Hereford, England
- March 11, 1932
Her works include notable portraits of Lytton Strachey, Gerald Brenan and E.M. Forster (National Portrait Gallery Collection). In 1917 she set up home with Strachey, later joined by Ralph Partridge whom she married in 1921. Following Strachey's death in 1932, she took her own life.
Dora Carrington (1893–1932) Jerwood Collection. British painter and designer, born in Hereford into a comfortable middle-class family. She studied at the *Slade School, 1910–14, and from 1917 lived with the writer Lytton Strachey, one of the leading figures of the *Bloomsbury Group.
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English painter and decorative artist who lived for nearly half her life with Lytton Strachey. Name variations: Dora Carrington Partridge. Born Dora de Houghton Carrington on March 29, 1893, in Hereford, England, in a house called Ivy Lodge; committed suicide on March 11, 1932, at Ham Spray near Ham, Wiltshire; fourth child of Samuel (a civil ...
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