Carlotta Edwards (1894-1977) was the daughter of the French painter Ferdinand Pourrier. She is well know for her paintings of ballet scenes and exhibited at both the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Paris Salon.
The Medici Society published many pints of her work and these are still widely available.
In the 1950's framed copies of Carlotta Edward's prints were very popular.
The 1950s saw an explosion of all things ballet in popular culture.
Her ballet scenes once graced the bedrooms of little girls (and big) all over England but were very popular in Australia and New Zealand.
Edwards appears to have based most of her pictures on photographs of popular British dancers.
Gli anni '50 videro un'esplosione di tutto ciò che era balletto nella cultura popolare.
Uno degli artisti più importanti fu Carlotta Edwards (1894-1977).
Edwards era la figlia del pittore Francese Ferdinand Pourrier.
Le sue scene di balletto un tempo adornavano le camere da letto di bambine (e grandi) in tutta l'Inghilterra ma erano molto popolari in Australia e Nuova Zelanda.
Edwards sembra aver basato la maggior parte delle sue foto su fotografie di famosi ballerini britannici.