Gudrun sibbons biography books
Gudrun Sibbons ( –) was born in Germany during the troubled inter-war period in the disputed region of Silesia claimed by both Germany and Poland..
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Gudrun (Barbara) Sibbons German (b, 1925) Original Oil on Canvas Flamenco Dancer. Barbara (Gudrun) Sibbons was born in Annaberg, Silesia, Germany in 1924.
After leaving school her art studies took her to Berlin, Breslau and Hamburg. Her art training was interrupted by the start of the war during which time she served as a nurse.
Size 35 x 53cm.Two years after the war she found employment in Hamburg as a doctor’s secretary. In Hamburg she met Bill Sibbons the portrait painter. In 1949 they moved to London and were married. Working first as a laboratory assistant and painted as a hobby.
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Her work has since featured in numerous exhibitions, some of her well known early clients included David Niven and Errol Flynn, her work is widely sought after and features in numerous collections around the world. Now well into her eighties, Gudrun Sibbons lives on the south coast.
This example of her work features an elegant Flamenco Dancer, the colour and movement in this work is fantastic