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Doris Zinkeisen

(1897-1991), Painter, stage-set and costume designer, writer and equestrian champion

Doris Clare Zinkeisen

Sitter in 22 portraits
Artist of 2 portraits
With her sister Anna, Doris Zinkeisen was a familiar figure in the artistic world from the 1920s. Her realist style led to success as a painter of society portraits, horse paintings, and murals for RMS Queen Mary (1935) and RMS Queen Elizabeth (1940). She also produced posters for several railway companies. She is best known, however, for the numerous stage designs that she produced during the 1920s and 1930s. During the Second World War, she worked for the St John Ambulance Brigade, and as a war artist made drawings of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after its liberation, which are held in the Imperial War Museum.

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Doris Zinkeisen, by Doris Zinkeisen - NPG 6487

Doris Zinkeisen

by Doris Zinkeisen
oil on canvas, exhibited 1929
On display in Room 29 on Floor 1 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6487

Doris Zinkeisen, by Yevonde - NPG x29818

Doris Zinkeisen

by Yevonde
bromide print on velvet card mount, 1936
NPG x29818

Doris Zinkeisen working on the panels for the Grill Room of the Queen Mary, by Harold Tomlin, for  Daily Herald - NPG x135105

Doris Zinkeisen working on the panels for the Grill Room of the Queen Mary

by Harold Tomlin, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 8 January 1936
NPG x135105

Doris Zinkeisen, by Howard Coster - NPG x24299

Doris Zinkeisen

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x24299

Doris Zinkeisen, by Howard Coster - NPG x24300

Doris Zinkeisen

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x24300

Doris Zinkeisen, by Howard Coster - NPG x24301

Doris Zinkeisen

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x24301

Doris Zinkeisen, by Yevonde - NPG x131755

Doris Zinkeisen

by Yevonde
black and white reprint, circa 1955
NPG x131755

Doris Zinkeisen, by Lucinda Douglas-Menzies - NPG x35166

Doris Zinkeisen

by Lucinda Douglas-Menzies
bromide fibre print, 1990
NPG x35166

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Doris Zinkeisen

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x81723

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Doris Zinkeisen

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x81724

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Doris Zinkeisen

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x81725

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Doris Zinkeisen

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x81726

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Doris Zinkeisen

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x81727

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Doris Zinkeisen

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x81728

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Philip Kelleway

07 March 2017, 09:43

Please note that Doris Zinkeisen was in fact born in the year 1897, NOT 1898 as in your information on the NPG site. I have previously sent copies of Doris Zinkeisen's birth certificate to the NPG and received acknowledgement from Rosie Broadley (Associate Curator), so these items should be on file at the NPG Library. Other sites use the wrong year of birth too and for a few years your site used the correct year, but it seems that each time you change the layout of your pages, you revert back to the incorrect date.
Best Wishes,
Philip Kelleway (Dr)