Harriet Cohen (1895–1967), CBE, FRAM

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Pianist Harriet Cohen, CBE, is depicted wearing a white dress with thin straps by Fortuny, a favourite of hers, with a black brooch. Facing forward, her hair is pulled back from her face. She is seated on a grey sofa and shown against a fawn background. Harriet Cohen, who studied at the Royal Academy of Music from 1909 and was noted in particular for her performances of Bach and modern English music, bequeathed her important collection of paintings to the Academy, to enhance the environment of students and professors. She was a friend and advocate of the composer Sir Arnold Bax, and she premièred Vaughan Williams's Piano Concerto – a work dedicated to her – in 1933. Following an injury to her right hand in 1948, she played one-handed until her retirement in 1960.

Royal Academy of Music

London

Title

Harriet Cohen (1895–1967), CBE, FRAM

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 60.5 x W 45 cm

Accession number

2004.161

Acquisition method

bequeathed by the sitter, 1968

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Signed

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