Iris Tree

Iris Tree, born on January 27, 1897, in London, England, was a poet, actress, and painter’s model known both for sitting for members of the Bloomsbury Group and for her bohemian lifestyle. She was the author of three books of poetry, including The Traveler and Other Poems (Boni & Liveright, 1927). Her work was anthologized in the first four issues of Edith Sitwell’s Wheels: An Anthology of Verse, published between 1916 and 1921. Tree died in London on April 13, 1968.