Meraud Guevara was born Guinness in london, from 1924 she studied at the slade school of Art in London.With the sculptor Archipenko in New York, and the painter Picabia in Paris.
In 1929 she married the painter Alvaro Guevara in London and they moved to france.
Alvaro died in1951 and Meraud continued to live and work in both Paris and provence.
She painted landscapes,still lifes, abstract composition on plaster and imaginary portraits, of which this picture is a major example.
Her portraits present singular women, who sit in mysterious interiors.They combined a powerful physical presence with a strong sense of inner life.
They often wear hats and are accompanied by small dogs.
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