The Archive · 1940

Four Shillings A Foot

Being a successful modern artist Missy Lehmann has no difficulty in showing her work to anyone who wants to see il, Tt is spread over numerous walls, in private houses and restaurants, in various parts of London and the suburbs, "Her charges are 48, a square foot for painting, walls nnd her patrons have included 1 Norwegian who wanted his. walls tainted with whaling pictures taken from his own snapshots, For £12 Miss Lehmann covered staircase walls with' pictures Greek temples and ruins; while, for naval commander, she did other mural studies in a lighthearted vein, hose were of a sailor and his girls Ahroughout the ayes, Tu a Soho restaurant, the ortist's brush transformed wall panels into a series of "luxury" travel" veenes, such a studies of winter sports, an Atlantic crossing, ete.

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