Charlotte Johnson Wahl
Charlotte Maria Offlow Johnson Wahl | |
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Born | Charlotte Offlow Fawcett 29 May 1942 Oxford, England |
Died | 13 September 2021 London, England | (aged 79)
Alma mater | Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |
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Website | charlottejohnsonwahl.com |
Charlotte Johnson Wahl (
Early life and education
Johnson Wahl was born Charlotte Maria Offlow Fawcett in Oxford on 29 May 1942.[1][2] Her father was English barrister Sir James Fawcett and her mother was Frances Beatrice Fawcett (née Lowe).[5] Frances was the daughter of Lithuanian-American Jewish palaeographer Elias Avery Lowe and American translator and writer Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter, along with Frances's four siblings (including journalist and author Edmund Fawcett).[6] James was the son of English clergyman Joseph Fawcett and Edith Fawcett (nee Scattergood).[7]
In 1961, Johnson Wahl began studying English at
Paintings
Johnson Wahl was a professional portrait painter for Crispin Tickell, Joanna Lumley, Jilly Cooper, Simon Jenkins, and others. She painted children with their toys and dogs. Additionally, she painted landscapes and still lives.[8] Jonathan Jones of The Guardian described her paintings as influenced by Vorticism.[8][11]
Johnson Wahl held exhibitions: at the Maudsley Hospital, London, in 1974; in Brussels in 1970s; and at the Gavin Graham Gallery in London in 2004. A retrospective exhibition of her work was displayed at Mall Galleries, London, in 2015.[12][8] The documentary Painting the Johnsons for Sky Arts follows her career.[8]
In 1997, Johnson Wahl painted for a fellowship in Bogliasco, Italy.[8] Her paintings sold for £1,000 to £5,000.[13] Two of Wahl's paintings are in the collection of the Bethlem Museum of the Mind; another two are in the collections of Oxford University colleges.[14]
Personal life
She met
In 2020, Charlotte Johnson Wahl told the
In 1988, Johnson Wahl married
Johnson Wahl was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at the age of 40.[10] On 13 September 2021, Johnson Wahl died at St Mary's Hospital in London, at the age of 79.[20][8]
Political views
In 2015, the
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Haynes, Mary (2022). "Charlotte Johnson Wahl (Née Fawcett), 1942–2021" (PDF). The Brown Book. Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. pp. 118–120. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
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- ^ a b Killen, Mary (March 2015). "Boris Johnson's mother on her brilliant brood". Tatler. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ Jones, Jonathan (15 May 2008). "What would Boris's artist mum say about his train booze ban?". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
- ^ Guy, Jack (14 September 2021). "Artist Charlotte Johnson Wahl, mother of UK Prime Minister, dies age 79". CNN. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ Llewellyn Smith, Julia (17 May 2008). "Boris Johnson, by his mother Charlotte Johnson Wahl". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
- BBC Your paintings. Retrieved 13 September 2021
- ^ a b Ridley, Louise (28 September 2015). "Boris Johnson's Mother Says She's Never Voted Tory And Boris 'Isn't As Daft' As He Seems". HuffPost. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ Rodger, Hannah (4 October 2020). "Stanley Johnson 'broke wife's nose' in domestic violence incident". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ Barber, Lynn (22 October 2020). "Tom Bower pulls his punches with his life of Boris Johnson". The Spectator. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ Freedland, Jonathan (13 October 2020). "Boris Johnson: The Gambler by Tom Bower review – the defining secret". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ Bennett, Catherine (12 March 2023). "The wife of 'Sir Stanley' couldn't tolerate his abuse and nor should the rest of us". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ Wright, Oliver (14 September 2021). "Boris Johnson's artist mother dies at 79 after living with Parkinson's". The Times. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Sleeping with the enemy: meet London's politically cloven couples". Evening Standard. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ Devlin, Kate (3 October 2019). "My mother voted to leave the EU, says Boris Johnson". The Times. Retrieved 14 April 2020.