From one painter to another, expressing her opinion about whom her husband (they would be divorced relatively soon thereafter) was having an affair with: ‘I am surprised you should like a girl with such awful hands.’ #artherstory #nancysharp #williamcoldstream

Sir William Coldstream, Emmanuel Church, 1947

#WilliamColdstream, #Emmanuel #Church #arthistory #artaddict #painting #art

Her marriage to #WilliamColdstream, a fellow #Slade student, was not greeted with delight by her family. Knowing her father's opinion, the couple had a registry office marriage in London. Bruce Laughton's biography of Coldstream tells the story:

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