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] Hudson lived and painted with Ethel Sands, dividing their time between France and England.

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

[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