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Doris Zinkeisen (Self-portrait) by Doris Zinkeisen (Scottish) - Oil on canvas / 1929 - National Portrait Gallery (London, England) #womeninart #womanartist #art #DorisZinkeisen #painting #portrait #scottishartist #Zinkeisen #selfportrait #nationalportraitgallery #fineart #womensart #portraitofawoman
This striking self-portrait that exudes 1920’s Art Deco aesthetics was made while the artist was on a world tour, and was mostly painted in her hotel room in Sydney, Australia. Doris appears sophisticated with her dark hair styled in a sleek, short bob parted on her left. Her heavy makeup is noticeable, featuring red lipstick and rosy cheeks. She’s bare-shouldered, wearing a dramatic, richly colored Asian-inspired black robe heavily embroidered with vibrant colors including bright red roses and stylized birds flowers. She also wears a black lacy glove on her left arm as she grasps the off-white draped curtain background. With her sister Anna, Doris Zinkeisen was a familiar figure in the artistic world from the 1920s. Her realist style led to success as a painter of society portraits, horse paintings, and murals for RMS Queen Mary (1935) and RMS Queen Elizabeth (1940). She also produced posters for several railway companies. She is best known for the numerous stage designs that she produced during the 1920s and 1930s. During the Second World War, she worked for the St John Ambulance Brigade, and as a war artist made drawings of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after its liberation, which are held in the Imperial War Museum.
January 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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For #ThrowBackThursday here's something from my wife's side of the family. That's her aunt and uncle on the right with cousins to the left, and as you can see, this was taken aboard the RMS Queen Mary, although I don't know the year; late 60s or early 70s. My […]

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A black and white photograph scan, almost in a postcard style with a thick white border, thicker along the bottom length and upon which is printed "Photographed on board RMS Queen Mary". The picture is a dining room aboard the ship, side onto a table against the hull wall where a porthole window is set high up with tied-back curtains either side. The table is set for four people with plates of food and side plates with bread rolls on them, a small vase of flowers, and a board with the number 35 on it. On the left side of the table as we look there is a young boy in short-sleeved shirt with a young woman nearer us; she's wearing a sleeveless dress and her hair is piled high on her head. On the right is an older couple. The man wears a dark suit and tie over a white shirt. The woman has a white cardigan over a patterned dress. Everyone is turning towards the camera with a smile for the souvenir photo shot.
December 12, 2024 at 11:43 AM
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The RMS Queen Mary was designed with luxury in mind. Reminders include multiple celebrity travellers, as well as the place settings that bygone First-Class passengers enjoyed.

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A First-Class tea serving, preserved for museum purposes. A raised tray with silverware sits to the left. Cigarettes, cards a menu and other documents are in the foreground. A silver tea service and layered cake/sandwich stand sits toward the rear on the right. A number, 103, is displayed, indicating that this level of service was replicated for many passengers.
March 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Built for North Atlantic travel, the RMS Queen Mary transported more troops in five war years, from 1941-45, than tourists in more than twenty-five cruising years. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was a passenger three times during WW2.

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British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine stand on the deck of a Clyde steamer in 1943, being ferried across to the RMS Queen Mary, visible in the background. Winston is wearing an overcoat, naval cap and is smoking a large cigar. Clementine is wearing a fur cat and is carrying a medium leather handbag. They are standing on the deck of the ferry, with wooden tourist benches sat empty next to them. The RMS Queen Mary looms behind and far above them, painted in wartime grey. Two funnels and multiple lifeboats are visible, as are fifty or more blackened portholes.
March 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Long Beach

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Black and white image of the port of Long Beach, California. Palm trees are on the left. A walkway down to the water is in the foreground. In the background is the Queen Mary ocean liner.
April 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Queening Out
02-04-2025
Long Beach, California

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The Queen Mary in Long Beach, California.
April 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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President Trump PLEASE respond to the New York Coalition to Save the SS United States letter last month?

In order to make America great again, should we not first try to protect what made America great to begin with?

Historical significance TRUMPs diving!

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April 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM