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Eveline May (Eve) Quinlan Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1880 - d. 1955

As Eveline May Tomkins, she was born at Gorleston-with-Southtown, Suffolk (now Norfolk) on 12 February 1880, daughter of Revd Gerard William Tomkins (2 June 1842-3 August 1920) and his wife Mary Louise née Linton (1846-16 April 1927), who married at Oundle, Northamptonshire on 21 May 1867. Eveline married at Simla, Bengal, India on 24 July 1900, William Cooper (1874-1900), who died later that year. As Eveline May Cooper, she married secondly at Lahore, Bengal, India on 21 February 1905, Capt. Dominick Joseph Quinlan, of the Army Veterinary Department, of South Lodge, Co. Tipperary, Ireland but again the marriage was short lived with her husband dying at Quetta, Bengal on 23 June 1909, aged 34. In 1911, a 30 year old widow, living at 8 Aldrington Road, Streatham, London with her parents, 68 year old Gerard and 64 year old Mary, with Eveline's 3 year old daughter Joan Mary Quinlan (5 October 1908-9 March 2012), born at Quetta, Bengal. In 1927 when her mother died they were living at East House, Dedham, Essex and in 1939 Eveline was living at Riverway, Lower Shiplake, Henley, Oxfordshire, the home of Revd Mackenzie Eland and his family. In 1941, as Mrs Eve Quinlan, she exhibited at the Ipswich Art Club 'Garden at Benton End'. She was of 48 Ladbroke Grove, London W.11 when she died at Swaylands, 22 Branksome Wood Road, Bournemouth on 27 February 1955.

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    • *Eve Quinlan (1880-1955)
      Oct. 05, 2021

      *Eve Quinlan (1880-1955)

      Est: £400 - £600

      *Eve Quinlan (1880-1955) *Eve Quinlan (1880-1955) Irises and flowers in a blue and white vase signed 'Eve Quinlan' l.l., oil on canvas 76 x 60.5cm Provenance: Acquired by the actress Eirene Beck (1920-2010); then a gift to Martin P W Evans RIBA (1927-2016) thence with the current owner. Exhibited: The Royal Society of British Artists, 1944. Christened as Eveline May Tomkins, she spent her early life in Suffolk. Quinlan was married twice in Bengal, India, first to William Cooper (d.1900) and later to Capt. Dominick Joseph Quinlan (d.1909). She was sadly widowed twice before her thirtieth birthday, and returned to England in 1911. She is recorded as living in London (1939) and Oxfordshire (1940), and exhibited twice at the Royal Academy during this time. Quinlan exhibited with the Ipswich Art Club ‘Garden at Benton End’. This painting is strikingly reminiscent of Cedric Morris, who is famed for his cultivation of irises at Benton End and his paintings of the garden. *Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.

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