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= Isobel Jean Sayer =

Isobel Jean Sayer (nee Stevens;  30 October 1928 - 14 September 1992) was an amateur artist, some of her works were produced in the Trompe-l'œil'   technique (French for "deceive the eye") that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions.

 

The Royal Academy in London accepted two paintings by Isobel, the first painting called " Below Stairs " in the summer exhibition 1975, catalogue number 993 the second painting called " Private View " in the summer exhibition 1979, catalogue number 1198 in gallery IX.

Isobel assigned to the Royal Academy the right to reproduce as post cards not less than 4000 copies of " Private View " on 26 April 1979 with 10% of the proceeds going to Isobel. An initial print of 5000 cards were made with an option of a further edition of 5000.

" Private View " was subsequently sold to a Gentleman for £500.00 including £108.00 fee going to the Royal Academy.

Isobel asked Sir John Betjeman and his lady friend Joan Hunter Dunn for permission to do a project based on Sir John's poem " A Subalterns Love-Song " which was based on his love for Joan, they both gave their permission, Isobel started the painting on 10 April 1978 and finished on 14 October 1978.

On the 2 August 1991 the Sheffield Telegraph reported that Isobel's painting " Williams Satchel ", which was voted best exhibit in the Great Sheffield Art Show would probably be her last due to a degenerative eye disease making it increasingly difficult to paint in the sharp detail which had been the hallmark of her pictures for years.