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Susan Paine

This varied and emotive collection of works by the London-based artist Susan Paine is full of many different types of media, including oil, pastel and print. The artworks have been acquired directly from her studio through the artist's family, with many fine portraits and figure studies.

Susan Emily Challoner was born in Manchester in 1928. In 1951 she married Cyril John Paine. By the 1960s John and Susan had become one of the ‘It Couples’ of bohemian Soho; beautiful, exciting, and unconventional. They moved in artistic, musical and drinking circles and had huge parties in their Paddington flat until well into their eighties, with live jazz and a cadre of fellow Bohemians – actors, musicians and artists. Close friends included Susan’s best friend Jean Muir, the fashion designer, and the Indian painter FN Souza.