Nina Hamnett
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Standard Name: Hamnett, Nina
Birth Name: Nina Hamnett
Married Name: Nina Kristian
NH
, active during the earlier part of the twentieth century, was primarily a visual artist, but also published two books of memoirs (apparently based on diaries kept at the time) as well as a few art gallery reviews.
Connections
Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
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Family and Intimate relationships | Nancy Cunard | When Nina Hamnett
first met Lady Cunard, in the 1920s, she knew her at once by her resemblance to Nancy. Hamnett, Nina. Laughing Torso. Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Inc., 1932. 209 |
Friends, Associates | Mary Butts | During this time MB
became acquainted with Wyndham Lewis
and Ford Madox Ford
as well as Hamnett
and Fry
. She was a good friend of the strong feminist Wilma Meikle
. Blondel, Nathalie, and Nathalie Blondel. “Foreword”. Mary Butts: Scenes from the Life: A Biography, McPherson, 1998, p. xv - xix. xvi “Mary Butts Papers”. Beinecke Rare Book Room and Manuscript Library, Yale University. |
Friends, Associates | Anna Wickham | AW
frequented popular Bohemian hangouts such as the Café Royal and, later, the Fitzroy Tavern. Wickham, Anna. “Introduction”. Selected Poems, edited by David Garnett, Chatto and Windus, 1971, pp. 7-11. 9-10 Hepburn, James et al. “Anna Wickham: A Memoir”. The Writings of Anna Wickham, Free Woman and Poet, edited by Reginald Donald Smith, Virago Press, 1984, pp. 1-48. 26 |
Friends, Associates | Anna Wickham | In ParisAW
also met Sylvia Beach
and Djuna Barnes
, among others. Hepburn, James, and Anna Wickham. “Preface”. The Writings of Anna Wickham, Free Woman and Poet, edited by Reginald Donald Smith and Reginald Donald Smith, Virago Press, 1984, p. xix - xxiii. xxii Wickham, Anna. “Introduction”. Selected Poems, edited by David Garnett, Chatto and Windus, 1971, pp. 7-11. 10 |
Friends, Associates | Edith Sitwell | Beginning her editorship of Wheels, ES
made other friendships, including those with Nancy Cunard
, Nina Hamnett
(whom she describes as generous and courageous), Walter Sickert
(whose generosity and sense of fun she celebrates),... |
Friends, Associates | Dorothy Richardson | The Montparnasse group with whom they visited included Ernest
and Hadley Hemingway
, Sylvia Beach
, Mary Butts
, Nancy Cunard
, Cecil Maitland
, Mina Loy
, and Nina Hamnett
. Richardson was disappointed... |
Friends, Associates | Ethel Mannin | EM
entertained frequently at Oak Cottage, the house she bought after separating from her first husband. Visitors included Paul Tanqueray
, Louis Marlow
, Ralph Straus
, Norman Haire
, Fenner Brockway
, and... |
Occupation | Mary Butts | She also sat as a model for various artists (her flaming red hair was an asset in this role), including Nina Hamnett
and Roger Fry
. “Mary Butts Papers”. Beinecke Rare Book Room and Manuscript Library, Yale University. |
Reception | Nancy Cunard | NC
was also the exemplary subject for painters and photographers—Nina Hamnett
(who did a drawing of her for ten guineas at the request of Lady Cunard
), Hamnett, Nina. Laughing Torso. Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Inc., 1932. 209 |
Residence | Stella Benson | During this visit to London, SB
met many cultural, political, and social figures, including Wyndham Lewis
(who drew a sketch of her), David Garnett
, Kingsley Martin
, Charles Morgan
, Phyllis Bottome
,... |
Textual Features | Nancy Cunard | Making their first appearance in print are poems written for Valentine Ackland
and for Nina Hamnett
, and NC
's elegy for Eliot
, written a few weeks after his death and only two months... |
Travel | Mary Butts |
Timeline
31 May 1915: German forces made the first Zeppelin air-raid...
National or international item
31 May 1915
German forces made the first Zeppelin air-raid on London.
Gibbs-Smith, Charles Harvard. Aviation: An Historical Survey from its Origins to the end of World War II. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1970.
247
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
351
Hamnett, Nina. Laughing Torso. Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Inc., 1932.
86-7
Texts
Booth-Clibborn, Edward, and Nina Hamnett. “Introduction”. Laughing Torso, Virago, 1984, p. v - x.
Hamnett, Nina. Is She a Lady? A Problem in Autobiography. Allan Wingate, 1955.
Hamnett, Nina. Laughing Torso. Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Inc., 1932.
Hamnett, Nina. Laughing Torso. Constable and Co., 1932.
Hamnett, Nina, and Osbert Sitwell. The People’s Album of London Statues. Duckworth, 1928.