Portrait of John Maynard Keynes

Duncan Grant (1885 - 1978)

Charleston

1917-1918

Portrait of John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) painted at Charleston during the First World War where Keynes is reputed to be drafting a crucial telegram negotiating an American loan to secure Britain's wartime survival. The artist and sitter were lovers from 1908 and remained good friends after.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 56.5 x 46.3cm
• Art Fund Grant: £30000 ( Total: £120,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2005
• Vendor: Mr Bier

Provenance

Agnew's, 1956; Mr Bier.

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