Robert Wenley
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164 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 23 Jul
Robert Wenley’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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In all those different countries she visited, you know, she had to find her own way and make a success of it.
I think, you know, there's no doubt that it's that determination that sees her through in her industry.
She was, I mean, she produced maybe a thousand works.
She was one of the most productive artists of her day.
A thousand works?
Up to, yeah, calculated.
I mean, that's just amazing.
So she probably didn't have much time, you know, to... To be nurturing other people.
Exactly.
Where are they all now?
Where are they all?
Well, they are scattered across the world, but the main centres of her work would be Paris, Russia and America.
So those are the biggest concentrations and particularly the Hermitage in St.
Petersburg, the Louvre in Versailles.
in France and then in America in the Met and National Gallery in Washington are sort of the main conglomerations of her work.
Here in London we have four paintings by her and another at Windsor, so that's not bad going.
Thank you.
Yes, I mean, that's a real outlier because I would say the taste for her work is an interesting subject to study.
And historically, collectors as opposed to patrons have tended to be very wealthy, super wealthy people.
who had a taste for the Enchant Regime and all it stood for in terms of the sort of luxury arts.
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