MOLLY GUION Signed Oil Canvas of Army General, signature to lower right reads ‘ M Guion’, subject a military personnel resting atop a horse, measures approximately 19 in x 23 inches, window measures 15 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches, wooden gilt frame, frame has been nailed in, minor surface wear, professionally framed, Artwork has not been examined out of frame. Guion was initially unsuccessful as a portrait painter in New York.She travelled to Britain to look for work, and was successful there in making contacts and having work commissioned by well-known people.She "spent several years “painting lords and dukes, staying in castles, having a marvelous time"".She painted Winston Churchill in 1946. She was commissioned to paint The Queen's Beasts at Westminster Abbey in 1953.An exhibition of twenty-three of her portraits, titled Tradition and Pageantry in Britain, was held in Buckingham Palace and then toured the United States in 1952.In 1977, her rate for portraits was $1,000 to $4,000, with her gallery retaining a third as commission.French Military Art, 19th Century Art, French Art , Equine Art, Equestrian Art, Military Art, Military Uniform, 19th Century Military, ornate frame, gilt frame, 5.