Gladys Wynne - Artist Info

About Gladys Wynne

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    Edith Gladys Wynne (1876-1968)

    She was the fourth daughter Archdeacon George Wynne and his wife Nell, nee Smith.

    She spent much of her life in Co Wicklow, which was a favorite subject for her watercolors. She made her living by her paintings and never seemed to tire of painting the lovely valley of Glendalough.

    Gladys died in April 1968. The Rector's wife wrote of her funeral: "On the day that Stanley buried Gladys Wynne from Glendalough, a gale tore across the land and hurtled round Derralossary Church. Stanley and she had often gone painting together and once, in Glenmacnass Valley, as they made their way down to the river they had to climb a barbed-wire fence. Gladys' l...

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