"Two Happy Vagabonds" - Pall Mall Gazzette 1922

The Pall Mall Gazette of Thursday 12th October 1922 has a cheerful small segment (in GOSSIP - GRAVE AND GAY By JOHANNA) on Jan and Cora Gordon under the heading of "Two Happy Vagabonds".

"Those two inveterate roamers round the world Jan and Cora Gordon. have been tramping in Spain again with an easel and a paint box and next week Bodley Head, Limited, are bringing out the remit in the shape of a book about their experiences, illustrated by sketches by both of them. I'm looking forward to reading this, as the Gordons are among the few real Bohemians left to us. They have some attics in Bloomsbury and a studio in Paris, and, I rather think, a pied à terre in Prague. You never know where they are, but whenever they turn up everyone is delighted to see them."

I have not come across any other references to a pied à terre in Prague, but perhaps Johanna was thinking of Munich?

Later that month of October, the Pall Mall Gazette carried an article about the Gordons' "Poor Folks in Spain" which was based on their 1920 journey to southern Spain, under the title "Painting under Difficulties".


A painting of a view in southern Spain by Cora gordon


References
- Jan and Cora Gordon "Painting under Difficulties" 1922 Spain. December 09, 2017
Jan and Cora Gordon: Guitars in Spain. March 11, 2014
Jan and Cora Gordon in the Library of Lady Ottoline Morrell. March 11, 2014
Jan and Cora Gordon: Two Vagabonds in Spain. March 11, 2014

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