Born: 14 February 1890, United Kingdom
Died: 16 December 1956
Country most active: United Kingdom, France
Also known as: NA
The following bio was written by Emma Rosen, author of On This Day She Made History: 366 Days With Women Who Shaped the World and This Day In Human Ingenuity & Discovery: 366 Days of Scientific Milestones with Women in the Spotlight, and has been republished with permission.
Welsh artist and writer Nina Hamnett was renowned as the “Queen of Bohemia” in the early 20th-century artistic circles of Paris and London.
A flamboyant and pioneering figure, she was known for her unconventional lifestyle and painting work, exhibited widely during her lifetime. Hamnett’s autobiography, “Laughing Torso,” became a bestseller, further cementing her status as a significant figure in modernist art circles. She died in 1956.