Hilda May Gordon – Two Untitled Studies of Chinese Subjects, c.1920s

Two untitled studies of Chinese subjects by British artist Hilda May Gordon (1874-1972). Painted during her visit to China on a multi-stop six year tour of Asia between 1922-1928….

Gordon grew up on the Isle of Wight to Scottish parents who had previously lived in South Africa. She studied in part under the highly influential Frank Brangwyn. In 1922 she embarked on an independent round-the-world trip which eventually took six years to complete and involved visiting 22 different countries, including a number of the Balkan countries, Greece, India, China, Korea and Japan