Doreen Carwithen (1922–2003), ARAM (Mrs Mary Alwyn)

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Doreen Carwithen was a student at the Royal Academy of Music from 1941 to 1951, where she studied piano and composition, also becoming a sub-professor. She was one of the first British women to compose for film, having joined the J. Arthur Rank Apprenticeship Scheme in 1947 to study film music. She later married William Alwyn, with whom she worked. She served on the Composers' Guild of Great Britain.

Royal Academy of Music

London

Title

Doreen Carwithen (1922–2003), ARAM (Mrs Mary Alwyn)

Date

1976

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 35 x W 31 cm

Accession number

2003.2548

Acquisition method

bequeathed by the sitter, 2003

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

W.A. '76 and on verso 'Portrait study of Mary, William Alwyn, May 1976'

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