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Margaret Boden, portrait painter
Born: 17 February, 1912, in West Lothian Died: 25 December 2001, in London, aged 89
A GIFTED and talented artist in her own right, Margaret Boden assisted her husband, the portraitist Leonard Boden, throughout their married life. In many ways his output was their output - a very real husband and wife partnership - and the fact that his name appears on no fewer than 18 royal portraits reflects the esteem in which the name was held. Margaret, on her own account, painted many notable portraits as well as some dramatic African landscapes. She often painted animals and children: never in an over-sugary manner but delightfully down-to-earth and natural. So successfully did she capture animals that she was commissioned by the Queen to paint the royal corgis.
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