Meraud Guinness

Meraud Guinness also known as Meraud Guevara (24 June 1904 - 6 May 1993) was a painter, author and poet, living most of her life in France with her husband, Alvaro Guevara.

Life

She was born Meraud Michael Guinness in London on 24 June 1904 a member of the famous and wealthy Guinness family.

Aged 19 she began studies at Slade School of Art in London and studied under Henry Tonks. From 1926 to 1927 she studied in New York under the sculptor Alexander Archipenko. During her time in New York she also wrote for Vogue magazine. She next moved to Paris, France and studied at both the Academie Julien and La Grand Chaumiere under Francis Picabia and Pierre Tal-Coat.

Although earlier connected romantically to Christopher Wood, also sitting for him, she ultimately married Alvaro Guevara in 1929 and spent most of her life in the south of France, in Aix-en-Provence near him, but not with him, their marriage crumbling after the birth of their daughter in 1930.

She died in Paris on 6 May 1993.

References and sources

• Tate Gallery
• Meraud Guinness Guevara, ma Mère by Alladine Guevara (2007, Rocher)