Madame Wellington Koo (née Hui-lan Oei)
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Madame Wellington Koo (née Hui-lan Oei)
by Bertram Park
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 14 February 1945
9 7/8 in. x 7 in. (250 mm x 179 mm) image size
Given by Terence Pepper, 2013
Photographs Collection
NPG x137592
Sitterback to top
- Madame Wellington Koo (née Hui-lan Oei) (1889-1992), Former wife of Beauchamp Caulfield-Stoker, and later wife of Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo; daughter of Oei Tiong Ham (Oei Tyong Han). Sitter in 7 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Bertram Park (1883-1972), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 147 portraits, Sitter in 20 portraits.
Events of 1945back to top
Current affairs
Despite Churchill's popularity during, and indeed after, the War, Clement Attlee wins a landslide Labour victory in the general election. Labour's success was due to its promise of a better society through the Welfare state, and was demonstrative of the public's desire for a new and better post-War society.Art and science
Noel Coward's Brief Encounter is released. The film, based on Coward's play, Still Life, is about the love affair between two married people who meet at a railway station. Conscious of the risk of being caught the couple decide to break off their relationship to protect their marriages.George Orwell publishes his satirical novel Animal Farm, as an allegorical critique of Soviet Totalitarianism.
International
A war on two fronts finally proves too much for Germany as allied forces push from the East and West. On the 30th April Hitler committed suicide and Germany soon surrendered to Soviet troops. Victory in Europe was announced on the 8th May. War in the Pacific continued until America dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing 214,000 people, and ending the war with Japan.Comments back to top
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