Winifred Knights, Evelyn Dunbar, Ann Fonsweer

 Here are three women artists from the 1930s who deserve to be household names, but aren't. 

Winifred Knights, Evelyn Dunbar, Ann Fonsweer.

 On this site there is a page for each one, please read on...

Winifred Knights

Evelyn Dunbar

Ann Fonsweer

 

- Fernanda Reads

 

 

Ann Fonsweer 1900 - 19??

 Ann Fonsweer became famous with the (postumous?) publication of her diary.

 Her diary (edited by Linda and Helen in the 1950s) has been republished published by a relative, Carri Kenned Fonsweer, and it is full of what Fonsweer called her "inky artwork":

 

Drawing by Ann Fonsweer, title unknown 1930?

 

Boy Fishing - Ann Fonsweer 193?

 

Ann Fonsweer - title unknown 193?

Fonsweer's diary, with a drawing on every page, is available from Amazon: The Summer Diary of a Lady Artist.

 

 

Evelyn Dunbar 1906 - 1960

 Evelyn Mary Dunbar was a British artist notable for recording women's contributions to World War II on the United Kingdom home front. 

 Her art speaks for itself:

 

Oxford - Evelyn Dunbar 1951

Men Stooking and Girls Learning to Stook - Evelyn Dunbar 1940

Wye from Olantigh  - Evelyn Dunbar (1953)

The book "Evelyn Dunbar A Life In Painting Book" by Christopher Campbell-Howes is available from Amazon.

Winifred Knights, 1899 - 1947.

 Winifred Knights was a British artist who now seems to be getting rather more attention than she did in her lifetime.

  I believe art speaks louder than words or biography, so here are some of her paintings:

Santissima Trinità - Winifred Knights 1924

 

The Deluge - Winifred Knights 1920

 

A View To The East - Winifred Knights 1920

 

I have only found two books about Knights so far:

Winifred Knights by Judith Collins:

And

Winifred Knights by Sacha Llewellyn 

Seeing Stones

 There is a sub category of standing stones called "Seeing Stones", or "Stones of Foresight". These standing stones are more or less the size of a human child, and they seem to have disappeared from the landscape.

 Many ancient standing stones were removed or destroyed due to the spread of Christianity, as authorities sought to suppress pagan practices associated with these sites. Maybe Seeing Stones were particularly targeted because legend had it that by standing in front of the stone and covering both "eyes" with the palms of your hands, you would have a dream that very night. That dream would predict your future.

Most of the information for this short essay comes from a leaflet I came across in Norwich library.

 Here is the photo, you can clearly see the "eyes":

 

 Here is the map of the UK, note the two small triangles which mark the last known Seeing Stone sites:

 

 And in the more detailed image of the Wash you can see the towns of Wrangle (top left) and Wolverfton (bottom right). According to local historians one stone was near Wrangle, the other near Wolferton. The stones are no longer there, they were either stolen or destroyed

The leaflet also reproduces an engraving of a Seeing Stone:

I would love to find a Seeing Stone and see if it really could predict my future. I've had very mixed results with Astrologers.