Anna Hope Hudson

Anna Hope Hudson (1869–1957) was an American-born artist who lived and worked in France and England.

She was a founding member of the London Group, and the life partner of likewise artist Ethel Sands.

[1] The inheritance that she received was the result of her grandfather's success as a partner of a banknote engraving organization, which later merged to become the American Bank Note Company.

[2] Hudson began her studies in Paris in 1892 and met fellow art student Ethel Sands, who became her life partner.

"[1] In England, Hudson began exhibiting her works at Leicester Galleries, the New English Art Club and the Allied Artists Association.

At Sickert's invitation, Hudson occasionally work in his studios and used his models for subjects of her paintings.

[1] Her works, inspired by Édouard Vuillard and Walter Sickert, were in large part destroyed or lost during World War II.

Walter Richard Sickert , Miss Hudson at Rowlandson House, 1910
Nan Hudson, The Lamb Inn, Wallingford, 1912