Also known by the name Sheila Legge, from her first marriage to Rupert Maximilian Faris Legge.
Gained notoriety in 1936 (under Sheila Legge) as a Surrealist performance artist when she stood in Trafalgar Square in an ensemble inspired by a Salvador Dalí painting, with her head completely obscured by a flower arrangement. The most famous photograph of the performance shows pigeons perching on her outstretched arms.
Second wife of John Alan Patrick Lodwick (1916–1959), a British novelist.
Died of Pneumonia and Pleurisy at Villa Boramar, Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, France.
Note:
Villa "VORA MAR" in catalan language V = B (Bora mar)
In language Catalan "vora" means "beside" and "mar" means "sea"
Also known by the name Sheila Legge, from her first marriage to Rupert Maximilian Faris Legge.
Gained notoriety in 1936 (under Sheila Legge) as a Surrealist performance artist when she stood in Trafalgar Square in an ensemble inspired by a Salvador Dalí painting, with her head completely obscured by a flower arrangement. The most famous photograph of the performance shows pigeons perching on her outstretched arms.
Second wife of John Alan Patrick Lodwick (1916–1959), a British novelist.
Died of Pneumonia and Pleurisy at Villa Boramar, Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, France.
Note:
Villa "VORA MAR" in catalan language V = B (Bora mar)
In language Catalan "vora" means "beside" and "mar" means "sea"
Inscription
French Translation:
Here lies Sheila Lodwick (1911-1949)
The beloved wife of John Lodwick.
Let foreigners and summer visitors remember
Her death so far from her homeland.
She lies in this tomb
Thanks to the spontaneous gesture of a Catlan.
English Transcription:
Here Lies Sheila Lodwick 1911 - 1949
The Beloved Wife Of John Lodwick
Let All English Speaking People Who Pass
Here Remember That Dying Far From Her Native
Scotland She Found Sure Shelter
Here By The Fine And Spontaneous
Gesture Of A Catalan
The inscription on her marker appears in both French and English.
Gravesite Details
Sheila Lodwick was initially buried in the vault of a Catalan family. Her remains have since been moved to a common grave and the original vault cover now sits beside a wall.
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See more Lodwick or Chetwynd Inglis memorials in:
- Cimetière Communal de Banyuls-sur-Mer Lodwick or Chetwynd Inglis
- Banyuls-sur-Mer Lodwick or Chetwynd Inglis
- Departement des Pyrénées-Orientales Lodwick or Chetwynd Inglis
- Languedoc-Roussillon Lodwick or Chetwynd Inglis
- France Lodwick or Chetwynd Inglis
- Find a Grave Lodwick or Chetwynd Inglis
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