Emily Shanks - Exile From Russia

Exile From Russia

At the outbreak of the Great War Emily and most of the Shanks family move back to London. The family business and home are lost during the Russian Revolution. In 1916 and 1918 Emily exhibited her work at the summer exhibition at Royal Academy of Arts. She shows two paintings: 1916 ‘A bit of Moscow’ and 1918 ‘Peaceful Moscow’. Emily died on 13 January 1936 aged 78 years, at Holland road Kensington South.

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