Brian Stonehouse - Revision history

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	'''Brian Stonehouse''' was an English painter who served as a Special Operations Executive agent during World War II.		'''Brian Stonehouse''' (1918-1998) was an English painter who served as a Special Operations Executive agent during World War II.

	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==

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	=== Articles ===		=== Articles ===
	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Stonehouse "Brian Stonehouse"] in Wikipedia.		* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Stonehouse "Brian Stonehouse"] in Wikipedia.
	* [https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/obituary-brian-stonehouse-1075034.html Obituary: Brian Stonehouse] by M. R. D. ~~Foote~~ in ''The Independent''. Posted January 19, 1999.		* [https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/obituary-brian-stonehouse-1075034.html Obituary: Brian Stonehouse] by M. R. D. Foot in ''The Independent''. Posted January 19, 1999.
	* Brady, Anna. [http://www.abbottandholder-thelist.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ATG2166-Brian-Stonehouse.pdf "From Dachau to the New York Catwalk"]. ''Antiques Trade Gazette'' November 15, 2014.		* Brady, Anna. [http://www.abbottandholder-thelist.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ATG2166-Brian-Stonehouse.pdf "From Dachau to the New York Catwalk"]. ''Antiques Trade Gazette'' November 15, 2014.
	* [https://lady.co.uk/world%E2%80%99s-most-stylish-spy The World's Most Stylish Spy]] by in ''The Lady''. Accessed January 3, 2026.		* [https://lady.co.uk/world%E2%80%99s-most-stylish-spy The World's Most Stylish Spy]] by in ''The Lady''. Accessed January 3, 2026.

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Artistic career

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	== Artistic career ==		== Artistic career ==

	For many years, Stonehouse worked in New York as a fashion illustrator for magazines like ''Vogue'' and ''Harper's Bazaar'', and for fashion houses like Elizabeth Arden.		For many years, Stonehouse worked in New York as a fashion illustrator for magazines like ''Vogue'' and ''Harper's Bazaar'', and for fashion houses like Elizabeth Arden. In the early 1960s, the fashion industry began to phase out illustrators in favor of fashion photographers.
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			He returned to England to paint more seriously portraits, landscapes, still lifes. He had a flat in London and a small place in Suffolk and became well-known to a discriminating field. His portrait of the Queen Mother dominates the bar of the Special Forces Club of which he was a pillar; and he had just finished a second portrait of her which was unveiled last month at the King Edward VII Hospital as a thank- offering for their care of her hip. On Remembrance Sunday, it was he who laid the Special Forces Club wreath at the SOE memorial in Westminster Abbey Cloisters.<ref>Foot, M. R. D. [https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/obituary-brian-stonehouse-1075034.html "Obituary: Brian Stonehouse"] in ''The Independent''. Posted January 19, 1999. </ref>
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	== Theosophical Society connection ==		== Theosophical Society connection ==

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World War II experiences

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	Stonehouse was brutally interrogated by the Gestapo, and moved to a series of concentration camps. He was released from Dachau in 1945.		Stonehouse was brutally interrogated by the Gestapo, and moved to a series of concentration camps. He was released from Dachau in 1945.
	His artistic training helped him to survive, as he drew sketches for his German captors. After the war he testified at war crimes trials, providing a watercolor of four women SOE agents who had been killed. More details about his wartime experiences are available in Wikipedia.		His artistic training helped him to survive, as he drew sketches for his German captors. After the war he testified at war crimes trials, providing a watercolor of four women SOE agents who had been killed. He was honored with an MBE. More details about his wartime experiences are available in Wikipedia.

	== Artistic career ==		== Artistic career ==

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	== Artistic career ==		== Artistic career ==

			For many years, Stonehouse worked in New York as a fashion illustrator for magazines like ''Vogue'' and ''Harper's Bazaar'', and for fashion houses like Elizabeth Arden.

	== Theosophical Society connection ==		== Theosophical Society connection ==

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Articles

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	* [https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/obituary-brian-stonehouse-1075034.html Obituary: Brian Stonehouse] by M. R. D. Foote in ''The Independent''. Posted January 19, 1999.		* [https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/obituary-brian-stonehouse-1075034.html Obituary: Brian Stonehouse] by M. R. D. Foote in ''The Independent''. Posted January 19, 1999.
	* Brady, Anna. [http://www.abbottandholder-thelist.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ATG2166-Brian-Stonehouse.pdf "From Dachau to the New York Catwalk"]. ''Antiques Trade Gazette'' November 15, 2014.		* Brady, Anna. [http://www.abbottandholder-thelist.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ATG2166-Brian-Stonehouse.pdf "From Dachau to the New York Catwalk"]. ''Antiques Trade Gazette'' November 15, 2014.
			* [https://lady.co.uk/world%E2%80%99s-most-stylish-spy The World's Most Stylish Spy]] by in ''The Lady''. Accessed January 3, 2026.

	=== Books ===		=== Books ===

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	Stonehouse was brutally interrogated by the Gestapo, and moved to a series of concentration camps. He was released from Dachau in 1945.		Stonehouse was brutally interrogated by the Gestapo, and moved to a series of concentration camps. He was released from Dachau in 1945.
	His artistic training helped him to survive, as he drew sketches for his German captors. After the war he testified at war crimes trials, providing a watercolor of four women SOE agents who had been killed. More details about his wartime experiences are available in Wikipedia.		His artistic training helped him to survive, as he drew sketches for his German captors. After the war he testified at war crimes trials, providing a watercolor of four women SOE agents who had been killed. More details about his wartime experiences are available in Wikipedia.

			== Artistic career ==


	== Theosophical Society connection ==		== Theosophical Society connection ==

	Stoneohouse was a member of the [[United Lodge of Theosophists]], and in his final years lived at their branch in London. He died in London on [[December 2]], 1998.		Stoneohouse was a member of the [[United Lodge of Theosophists]], and in his final years lived at their branch in London. He died in London on [[December 2]], 1998.

	~~== Artistic career ==~~

	== Additional resources ==		== Additional resources ==

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	== Theosophical Society connection ==		== Theosophical Society connection ==

	Stoneohouse was a member of the [[United Lodge of Theosophists]], and in his final years lived at their branch in London.		Stoneohouse was a member of the [[United Lodge of Theosophists]], and in his final years lived at their branch in London. He died in London on [[December 2]], 1998.

	== Artistic career ==		== Artistic career ==

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	== Additional resources ==		== Additional resources ==

			=== Articles ===
	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Stonehouse "Brian Stonehouse"] in Wikipedia.		* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Stonehouse "Brian Stonehouse"] in Wikipedia.
			* [https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/obituary-brian-stonehouse-1075034.html Obituary: Brian Stonehouse] by M. R. D. Foote in ''The Independent''. Posted January 19, 1999.
	* Brady, Anna. [http://www.abbottandholder-thelist.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ATG2166-Brian-Stonehouse.pdf "From Dachau to the New York Catwalk"]. ''Antiques Trade Gazette'' November 15, 2014.		* Brady, Anna. [http://www.abbottandholder-thelist.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ATG2166-Brian-Stonehouse.pdf "From Dachau to the New York Catwalk"]. ''Antiques Trade Gazette'' November 15, 2014.
	* Sharf, Frederic A. and Michelle Finamore. '''''Brian Stonehouse, MBE, 1918-1998: Artist, Soldier, War Hero, Fashion Illustrator'''''. Middlebury, Conn. : Velocity Print Solutions, 2014. Book issued to accompany an art exhibit of Stonehouse's works in 2014.
			=== Books ===
			* Sharf, Frederic A. and Michelle Finamore. '''''Brian Stonehouse, MBE, 1918-1998: Artist, Soldier, War Hero, Fashion Illustrator'''''. Middlebury, Conn.: Velocity Print Solutions, 2014. Book issued to accompany an art exhibit of Stonehouse's works in 2014.

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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	== Theosophical Society connection ==		== Theosophical Society connection ==

			Stoneohouse was a member of the [[United Lodge of Theosophists]], and in his final years lived at their branch in London.

	== Artistic career ==		== Artistic career ==