Barbara McKenzie-Smith (
7 July 1902
–
17 December
1996) was a painter, mostly
doing paintings on commission, and a number of her paintings are
hanging in various country houses all over England. One of them is
(or was) on display at the Tate Gallery in London. Her specialty
was country and still life scenes, including homes in the country.
She took copious notes, and hoped to publish them one day.
She
was educated at the
Perse School for Girls and the
Slade School,
and was associated with the
Bloomsbury group as a young person. Her
friends included
Leonard Woolf, the husband of
Virginia Woolf, and
Leonard's close friend, the illustrator, Trekkie Parsons.
She
had one son, John Paul, by
John Rodker. After her marriage with John Rodker
broke up, she married Edward A. Morrison III, an American citizen
living in England (he joined the RAF and rose to the rank of Wing
Commander), and they had a son, Thomas A. Morrison, in 1950. After
the marriage, John Paul's name was changed by
Deed poll to
John Paul
Morrison.
For about the last 30 years of their lives, she
and Edward Morrison lived quietly in various locations near
Dolgellau, N. Wales.
She is buried with Edward Morrison at
Llanelltyd, Gwynedd, N. Wales.