Person    | Male  Born 8/8/1891  Died 1937

Vivian Forbes

Categories: Art, Poetry

Painter and poet. Born London. Served in the Royal Fusiliers in WW1. Had a close relationship with Glyn Philpot and on Philpot's death, Forbes died by suicide, the day after the funeral.

The picture is a portrait of Forbes by Philpot in 1934.

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