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Guaraja Beach and the Mystery of Jane Vestey

This blog post is about the painting Guaraja Beach by Jane Vestey from 1950. But also it’s about me trying to find more out about her. She is an artist from a rich family and I can only guess she studied under John Minton from her style. She was good enough to be exhibited at the Redfern Gallery twice, but very little evidence on her art exists online and it was only in an old newspaper that I found a record of her exhibiting. 

 Jane Vestey - Guaraja Beach, 1950

Jane McLean Vestey lived at Thurlow Hall, Great Thurlow, Haverhill, Suffolk. The daughter of Ronald Arthur Vestey and Florence Ellen Vestey (nee McLean Luis). Jane was born on the 8th April 1928 into the famous Vestey family of Blue Star Line Shipping, her father being a Director. At the age of 10 Jane named and launched the Blue Star line ship the 'Adelaide Star'.

She travelled to Brazil on 13th April 1950 on a temporary visa. In Brazil her family had a fleet of ships. The Painting 'Guaraja, Brazil' would have been painted at this time. It is assumed that because her family owned a shipping line, travel for her was less of an issue than it might have been for other people at the time. 

 Brazilian Copy of Jane’s Visa in 1950.

‘Guaraja Beach’ was exhibited in the Redfern Gallery in 1951, Catalogue Number 124. It was bought by S.J.Dale Esq on 2nd May, 1951. Other artists showing at the exhibition were: Thomas Buford Meteyard, Roy Hobdell and Gordon Crook.

Redfern Gallery, 20 Cork St, W.1. - 2-26 May 1951 - Paintings by the American Impressionist Thomas Buford Mcteyard; Roy Hobdell; Jane Vestey; hand-woven tapestries by Gordon Crook. Exhib. closes May 26. ‡ 

Vestey exhibited again at the Redfern Gallery as the painting Les Baux was sold at an exhibition in June, 1952.

Jane Vestey married John Richard Baddeley (son of a Solicitor) on 23 June 1956. They had three children, Mark, Melissa and Edward. 

Mr. R.A. Vestey, on behalf of the Blue Star Line, acknowledged and then proposed the toast of "The Builders."At the ceremony which followed, Sir Allan Grant, a director of John Brown & Company, presented an antique diamond feather brooch of 1800 to Miss Jane Vestey, who had named and launched the Adelaide Star. †

 Jane Vestey - Les Baux

Vestey died on the 22nd June 1999. 

John Minton - Landscape Near Kingston, Jamaica, 1950, Royal College of Art Archive

† Shipbuilding and Shipping Record - 1950 - Volume 76 - Page 188 ‡ New Statesman - 1951 - Volume 41 - Page 548

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Vestey's Beach Sunset by heeeeman

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#Repost @australia ・・・ Chasing endless summers in #Darwin 🌴 This stunning shot was captured from Vesteys Beach in the @tourismtopend, which is less than 10 minutes' drive from the Darwin CBD. As far as capital cities go, Darwin's fairly modest; it's home to around 140,000 people. The beauty of this is that everything's within a short distance and it's super easy to get around. Make no mistake though, the relatively small population certainly doesn't affect the vibe - trust us, this tropical city is buzzing with action! Photo: @darwin_style #tourismtopend #topendnt #NTaustralia #explore #travel