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Vandersyde's art  used by Boots and Woolworth for advertising

9/11/2020

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On This Day 10 November 1970 Alfred Gerritt Vandersyde died at home at 4 Hepworth Road
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Gerritt Vandersyde was a British artist of remarkable talent whose work appeared in advertising and on prints that were widely distributed through Boots and Woolworths. One of his prints has gained a small measure of fame as it was briefly featured in the background of Stanley Kubrik's A Clockwork Orange. The picture, a portrait entitled 'Nina', was a commercial success, although Vandersyde is said to have had little business sense and sold the copyrights on many of his most commercially popular paintings for only a few pounds.

In 1918 he married Grace Collings in Hackney and had two children, Basil (b.1921) and Derek (b.1923). He was married a second time in 1942 to Dorothy Ellen Wood in Wandsworth and had two daughters, Wendy (b.1943) and Gillian (b.1947). The family lived at 4 Hepworth Road, Streatham, S.W.16, which is where Alfred died following a sudden heart attack on 10 November 1970.
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Jacqui Butler ‘nee Wood’
21/1/2021 10:45:14 am

Alfred Gerritt Vandersyde married my Great Auntie Doris in 1942. He pained a few portraits of my father in the 1940’s one of which has popped up on Google. My sisters and I have some original books that he illustrated in the 1960’s that our father inherited upon Grandad and Nanas deaths and subsequently on our fathers passing. How wonderful to see Great great Uncle being recognised on your society. My sisters and I are tracing our family tree right now and this is such a wonderful insight. Thank you so much. Please stay safe all of you.

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Mark Bery
21/1/2021 02:13:42 pm

How wonderful. We would like to stay in touch and perhaps if you don't mind have copies of anything you have and don't mind sharing for our archives. If you do please email me streathamsoc@gmail.com

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