LOVE TRAGEDY OF GIFTED PAINTER
ENAMOURED OF FAMOUS MODEL. PROMISING CAREER ENDS IN SUICIDE. United Press Association—By* Eleetri* Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, Jan. 8. The newspapers' are giving prominence to the love tragedy of Frederick Atkinson, a gifted painter, aged 20, who committed suicide in his studio at Maida Vale, London. Atkinson ha”d a passionate affair with the celebrated Dolores, the model oi Epstein and other famous artists. Atkinson was the son of a Yorkshire miner and was an apprenticed signwriter until Mr Rotheram, an art nlaster, advised him to go to London at any cost. Atkinson borowed £2 10s from an aunt, which was barely enough for the railway fare. But he was so successful in London that he furnished a studio and saved £2OO within two years. Then he had tho misfortune to see Dolores posing for a brother artist. Immediately ho fell desperately in love with her and lavished his savings upon the woman, though she is 38 years of age and married. Finally heart-broken, the boy committed suicide. Dolores stated in an interviow today: "I am not a girl. I have lived. He was so earnest that I befriended him."
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6807, 10 January 1929, Page 7
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192LOVE TRAGEDY OF GIFTED PAINTER Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6807, 10 January 1929, Page 7
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