Comments on: Dorothy Rendell’s East End Portraits https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/18/dorothy-rendells-east-end-portraits-x/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 03 Jan 2023 22:49:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Malik https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/18/dorothy-rendells-east-end-portraits-x/#comment-1497257 Tue, 03 Jan 2023 22:49:06 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193761#comment-1497257 Do you know which dates those are from?

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/18/dorothy-rendells-east-end-portraits-x/#comment-1492221 Tue, 22 Nov 2022 20:10:23 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193761#comment-1492221 Wonderful wonderful drawings. Oh if only I had a quarter of that talent

]]> By: David Hall https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/18/dorothy-rendells-east-end-portraits-x/#comment-1491788 Sat, 19 Nov 2022 01:34:19 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193761#comment-1491788 This is the second piece about Dorothy Rendell that Ive come across on your excellent blog and its wonderful….I cant get enough of this lady, her Art ,her reminiscences…her life . Extraordinary talent and a life well lived . Dorothy richly deserves a retrospective ,it would be a fantastic show ,her work is really special ,very close to her sitters but also the London landscapes are wonderful.
Thanks for introducing me to her work.

]]> By: Edith Douglas https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/18/dorothy-rendells-east-end-portraits-x/#comment-1491771 Fri, 18 Nov 2022 19:10:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193761#comment-1491771 I think these drawings are marvellous. Thanks for posting them.

]]> By: Jennifer Taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/18/dorothy-rendells-east-end-portraits-x/#comment-1491764 Fri, 18 Nov 2022 17:17:16 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193761#comment-1491764 Absolutely wonderful!

]]> By: David Antscherl https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/18/dorothy-rendells-east-end-portraits-x/#comment-1491750 Fri, 18 Nov 2022 13:30:44 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193761#comment-1491750 Absolutely delightful and sensitive studies! And obviously Ms. Rendell is an excellent teacher as well as artist. Thank you for this morning’s treat.

]]> By: Arabella Warner https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/18/dorothy-rendells-east-end-portraits-x/#comment-1491738 Fri, 18 Nov 2022 09:47:52 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193761#comment-1491738 What a wonderful piece – and what incredible work she has done. Has there ever been an exhibition of her work?

]]> By: keithb https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/18/dorothy-rendells-east-end-portraits-x/#comment-1491734 Fri, 18 Nov 2022 08:30:07 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193761#comment-1491734 Nice ‘classical’ drawings.

“You have to think up strange things to get children really interested.”

Certainly. The current regime in schools in the UK does tend to make it harder for teachers to be flexible though.

]]> By: Steffen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/18/dorothy-rendells-east-end-portraits-x/#comment-1491729 Fri, 18 Nov 2022 07:56:46 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193761#comment-1491729 I’m an art teacher here in Berlin doing pretty much the same. Phantastic text. I couldn’t agree more.

]]> By: achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/18/dorothy-rendells-east-end-portraits-x/#comment-1491727 Fri, 18 Nov 2022 07:24:58 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193761#comment-1491727 Dorothy Rendell has perfectly captured all the human suffering and happiness at stake with her wonderful portraits.
The defiant children who eventually do start drawing themselves are simply delicious to watch.

Love & Peace
ACHIM

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