Alix Strachey
(1892-1973), Psychologist and translator; wife of James StracheyAlix Strachey (née Sargant-Florence)
Sitter in 32 portraits
Artist associated with 10 portraits
Born in New Jersey to the British painter Mary Florence and an American father, Alix Strachey became a principle figure of psychoanalysis and translator of Sigmund Freud's works. After studying modern languages at Newham College at the University of Cambridge, Strachey lived with her brother Philip Florence and was introduced to the Bloomsbury Set and her future husband James Strachey. A move to Vienna in 1920 encouraged the couple to undergo psychoanalysis and they became practising analysts themselves. Freud asked them to translate his works and the twenty-four volumes remain the definitive English translation of his work today. Strachey was also instrumental in encouraging Melanie Klein to explore her therapeutic techniques and theories in London.
Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends
possibly by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1916
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Alix Strachey; Lytton Strachey
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1917
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Dorothy Brett; Lady Ottoline Morrell's pug Soie; Alix Strachey; Dora Carrington
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
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Dorothy Brett; Alix Strachey and an unknown woman
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith; Alix Strachey; Lytton Strachey
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
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by Unknown photographer
snapshot print enlargement, late 1920s
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Philip Sargant Florence and family
possibly by James Beaumont Strachey
vintage snapshot print, late 1920s
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Mary Sargant-Florence and family
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, late 1920s
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Anthony Asquith; Alix Strachey
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, late 1920s
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by Barbara Ker-Seymer, and by John Banting
bromide print on red card mount, 1930s
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by Barbara Ker-Seymer, and by John Banting
bromide print on red card mount, 1930s
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probably by James Beaumont Strachey
snapshot print enlargement, circa 1930
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by Barbara Ker-Seymer
bromide print on blue tissue and card mount, 1930s
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by Barbara Ker-Seymer
bromide print on blue tissue and card mount, 1930s
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by Barbara Ker-Seymer
bromide print on green tissue and card mount, 1930s
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probably by James Beaumont Strachey
snapshot print enlargement, circa 1930
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by Barbara Ker-Seymer, and by John Banting
bromide print, 1930s
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by Barbara Ker-Seymer
bromide print on green tissue and card mount, 1930s
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Alix Strachey; James Beaumont Strachey
by Unknown photographer
sepia-toned bromide print, mid 1930s
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Alix Strachey; James Beaumont Strachey
by Unknown photographer
postcard enlargement, mid 1930s
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Ralph Partridge; James Beaumont Strachey; Saxon Arnold Sydney-Turner; Alix Strachey
probably by Frances Partridge
velox snapshot print, mid 1930s
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probably by James Beaumont Strachey
snapshot print enlargement, mid 1930s
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probably by James Beaumont Strachey
snapshot print enlargement, 1936
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Mary Sargant-Florence; Alix Strachey
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, circa 1940
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Mary Sargant-Florence; Alix Strachey
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, circa 1940
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Mary Sargant-Florence; Alix Strachey
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, circa 1940
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Alix Strachey; James Beaumont Strachey
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, August 1946
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by Unknown photographer
bromide passport photograph, 1966
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by Ray Strachey
oil on board, late 1920s or early 1930s
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Related People
- Philip Sargant Florence (brother)
- Mary Sargant-Florence (mother)
- James Beaumont Strachey (husband)
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