Alix Jennings

Alix Jennings (1884–1980) was a British artist, who specialised in portrait, animal and flower painting using oils.^[1][2] Her works are in the collections of the Museum of the Order of St John, Windsor & Royal Borough Museum and at Jesus College, Oxford.^[3]

Born Alix Thomson in Carlisle in 1884,^[4][5] she exhibited works at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition on several occasions, including: Good Deeds ("Everyman") (1927);^[6] White Blossom (1938);^[7] Phlox (1941).^[8] Her flower paintings were often exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show.^[9][10] Her portrait of T. E. Lawrence, closely inspired by a portrait by Augustus John, was commissioned by Jesus College as its official memorial to Lawrence.^{[11][12][13][14]}