Evelyn Mary Dunbar: A Life in Art

“It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.”

Self Portrait, Pencil and Watercolour on Paper, 1930 (Photograph courtesy of Liss Llewellyn Fine Art)

Title Unknown, Oil on Paper, 1928 (Photograph courtesy of Liss Llewellyn Fine Art)

Winter Garden, Oil on Canvas, c. 1929-1937 (Tate)

‘Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, Florence, on a Bentwood Rocking Chair’, Oil on Canvas, c. 1930 (Photograph courtesy of Liss Llewellyn Fine Art)

Portrait of a woman wearing a Fair Isle cardigan, Oil on Canvas, c.1932 (Private Collection)

Woman with a Scroll of Paper, Oil on Paper, 1933-1936 (Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery)

Gadshill House, Oil on Panel, 1937 (Photograph courtesy of Liss Llewellyn Fine Art)

Land Workers at Strood, Oil on Canvas, c. 1938 (Private Collection/Photograph courtesy of Liss Llewellyn Fine Art)

Rochester from Strood, Oil on Canvas, 1938 (Southbank Centre)

Women's Land Army Hostel, Oil on Canvas, 1939 (Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum)

The Seven Days of the Week, Oil on Canvas, 1939 (Rediscovering Art by Women)

‘Sprout Picking, Monmouthshire’, Oil on Canvas, c. 1940 (Manchester Art Gallery)

‘Threshing and Baling, Monmouthshire’, Oil on Canvas, c. 1940 (National Museum Cardiff)

Women's Auxiliary Air Force Store, Oil on Canvas, c. 1940-1945 (Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum)

Women's Land Army Dairy Training, Oil on Canvas, 1940 (Imperial War Museum London)

Baling Hay, Oil on Canvas, 1940 (National Museum Cardiff)

Milking Practice with Artificial Udders, Oil on Canvas, 1940 (Imperial War Museum London)

A Knitting Party, Oil on Canvas, 1940 (Imperial War Museum London)

A Canning Demonstration, Oil on Canvas, 1940 (Imperial War Museum London)

Convalescent Nurses Making Camouflage Nets, Oil on Canvas, 1941 (Imperial War Museum London)

Standing-By on Train 21: A Civilian Evacuation Train Ready to Evacuate Casualties at Short Notice, Oil on Canvas, 1941 (Imperial War Museum London)

Hospital Train, Oil on Canvas, 1942 (Imperial War Museum London)

Land Army Girls Going to Bed, Oil on Canvas, 1943 (Imperial War Museum London)

An Army Tailor and an Auxiliary Territorial Service Tailoress, Oil on Canvas, 1943 (Imperial War Museums)

The Cerebrant, Oil on Canvas, 1948 (Manchester Art Gallery)

Joseph in Prison, Pencil, Crayon and Watercolour, 1949-1950 (Private Collection)

The Garden, Oil on Millboard, Date Unknown (Sheffield Museums)

It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.

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