Thérèse Lessore
(1884-1945), Painter; third wife of Walter Sickert(Elaine) Thérèse Lessore
Sitter in 7 portraits
Therese Lessore was a French painter born in Brighton. Her first husband was Bernard William Adeney, a leading member of the Bloomsbury group. She became the third wife of the English Impressionist painter Walter Sickert in 1926.
Walter Sickert; Thérèse Lessore
by Cecil Beaton
vintage bromide print on white card mount, 15 September 1940
NPG P869(21)
Thérèse Lessore; Walter Sickert
by George Woodbine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 5 March 1934
NPG x74797
Walter Sickert; Thérèse Lessore
by George Woodbine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 5 March 1934
NPG x74798
Walter Sickert; Thérèse Lessore
by George Woodbine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 5 March 1934
NPG x74799
Thérèse Lessore; Walter Sickert
by George Woodbine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 5 March 1934
NPG x74800
Walter Sickert; Thérèse Lessore
by George Woodbine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 5 March 1934
NPG x70976
by Cicely Mary Hey
pen and ink, charcoal and watercolour, 1933 or before
NPG D34003
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Jacqueline Sarsby
14 November 2018, 17:33
Her first husband was Bernard Adeney (sic) who taught design and became President of the London Group of Artists of which she was a founder member. Her elder sister was Louise (Ada Louise), calligrapher, embroiderer and designer and hand-painter of ceramics, who married Alfred Powell. Therese also painted on Wedgwood blanks like her sister and brother-in-law. She was an accomplished etcher, and Phyllis Barron, in her autobiography (spoken at Dartington Conferences) describes how Therese suggested she try using nitric acid in order to discharge indigo, which was an important step for her in starting to dye textiles. Her grandfather was Emile Lessore, who worked at Sevres and afterwards became Art Director at Wedgwood in the 1860s.