I remember the painting in magazine ads, it was probably considered quite racy in its time! All that unbridled passion......geez if a squirt of perfume is all it takes I must dig out the Tabu from the bottom drawer. The painting had a 1930's-1940's feel to me.
John - Bessie Davison was an Australian painter; born in Adelaide, she moved to Paris in her late 20's and spent the rest of her life there, dying in 1965. Last week I read a biography of her.

Cheers
JennieG off to find the bottle of Tabu.....and buy a red frock!