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The Sitter
- was Bertie Arnold from St. David's in Wales.
The Painting
Other Information
- Bertie was the son
of Ivor & Ruth Arnold, with whom the artist lived whilst at St.
David's in Wales. He was brother to Rosina and Jim Arnold. He
died at the age of 14 from
a heart condition. The somewhat unnatural colouration of
the cheeks was thought by the family to be a symptom of this condition.
 - Ruth and Ivor were advised by
his doctors that Bertie might never see his fifteenth birthday.
This knowledge seems to have created a special attachment by the artist
for Bertie, reflected in the number of paintings and sketches made by
him of Bertie in the two years prior to his death.
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