Portrait of an Adolescent

Study of a Girl (1955) and Portrait of an Adolescent (1955)

Both drawings sensitively capture the young subjects as if caught in contemplation. These drawings were produced the same year that Cynthia Pell stayed in a farmhouse in Provenance in France, with a group of five others, including her newly-wed husband Ron Weldon. During this time, she produced many drawings and paintings of the traveller communities, as described by fellow artist Evelyn Williams (1999): ‘These peasants were the people Cynthia drew and painted. They seemed pleased to sit for her – she treated them with great consideration and charmed them with her friendly approach.’