Violet Trefusis (née Keppel)
(1894-1972), Writer; daughter of Alice KeppelSitter in 29 portraits
Violet Trefusis was a writer and a patron of the arts. She wrote nine novels (five in English, four in French), poems, articles on Travels and Art, essays, short-stories, plays and epigrams. In 1950 General Catroux awards her with Légion d’honneur as femme de lettres; In 1953 the president of Paris Council, presents her with the Medaille d’argent de la ville de Paris. In 1960 the President of the Italian Republic confers on Violet Trefusis the highest honor of Commendatore della Repubblica italiana “for her literary merits and her attachment shown towards Italy”. During the 50s and the 60s, she established a cosmopolitan cultural environment that made her Villa dell’Ombrellino in Florence (as well as her two houses in France) a benchmark for artists and intellectuals. In 1966 she promoted the twinning between Florence and Edinburgh. She died in Florence on 1st March 1972. In March 2019 the Library of Oblate in Florence gave the name of Violet Trefusis to one of its main reading-rooms.
by Jacques-Emile Blanche
oil on canvas, 1926
NPG 5229
by Derek Hill
oil on cardboard, 1945
NPG 5934
Alice Keppel; Violet Trefusis (née Keppel)
by Unknown photographer
sepia vintage print, late 1890s
NPG x75997
Violet Trefusis (née Keppel); Alice Keppel
printed by Tony White, after Alice Hughes
platinum copy print, 1994 (1899)
NPG x76714
by Bertram Park
vintage bromide print, late 1920s
NPG x76715
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 25-31 August 1947
NPG x75942
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 25-31 August 1947
NPG x75944
Violet Trefusis (née Keppel); Derek Coventry Patmore
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 25-31 August 1947
NPG x75945
Derek Coventry Patmore; Violet Trefusis (née Keppel)
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 25-31 August 1947
NPG x75946
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 25-31 August 1947
NPG x75947
Derek Coventry Patmore; Violet Trefusis (née Keppel)
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 25-31 August 1947
NPG x75949
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 25-31 August 1947
NPG x75950
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 25-31 August 1947
NPG x75948
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 25-31 August 1947
NPG x75941
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 21 September 1950
NPG x75881
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 21 September 1950
NPG x76869
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 21 September 1950
NPG x76875
by Foto Agenzia Marchiori
vintage cream-toned bromide print, 1950s
NPG x135369
by Pamela Chandler
modern bromide print from original negative, 1952
NPG x88819
by Cecil Beaton
pencil, circa 1960
NPG D3617
by Cecil Beaton
pencil, circa 1960
NPG D3627
by Cecil Beaton
pencil, circa 1960
NPG D3628
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 25-31 August 1947
NPG x75943
Derek Coventry Patmore; Violet Trefusis (née Keppel)
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 25-31 August 1947
NPG x75951
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 21 September 1950
NPG x76870
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 21 September 1950
NPG x76871
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 21 September 1950
NPG x76872
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 21 September 1950
NPG x76873
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 21 September 1950
NPG x76874
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