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Birth
1909
Death
1980
Lived/Active
United Kingdom
Often Known For
painting
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Christian Maxwell (1909-1980)
The sister of the famous writer Gavin Maxwell, she was also a lifelong communist who was very active in solidarity work for refugees from Franco's Spain and she also played a key role in helping Jews and other refugees to get out of Austria following the "Anschluss" in 1934 and Czechoslovakia following the Nazi invasion in 1938.
Maxwell was a close friend of the painter Janet Cree (b.1910) as mentioned in Janet Cree's husband's memoirs titled Muck, Silk and Socialism.
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