Pamela Green first started modelling as a life model at colleges across London. This leads her to be booked by several professional painters. One such artist was Leonard Boden (1911-1999)
In the Second World War Boden served in intelligence and as an anti-aircraft gunner. Following the war Boden began to paint portraits professionally, gaining a reputation for his depictions of actors such as Alastair Sim and Donald Wolfit. Pamela Green modelled for Leonard Boden around 1953. A portrait of Field Marshal Lord Milne was Boden’s first large-scale commission in 1954. He painted several portraits of the Queen and by the 1960s he was chairman of the Chelsea Arts Club.
Below is a wonderful nude study of Pamela Green in oils by Leonard Boden. I wonder what happened to the painting and where it is now. Does anyone know?
UPDATE: The painting sold in March last year (2018) at auction for £960. Here’s the finished painting.
That’s a nasty rash Pamela has there!