Edith Lawrence
Edith Lawrence | |
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| Born | Edith Mary Lawrence 22 March 1890 Slade School of Art |
| Known for | Painting, print-making |
Edith Mary Lawrence (22 March 1890 – 2 October 1973) was a British artist known for her landscape and portrait paintings, her colour linocuts and her textile designs.
Biography
Lawrence was born in
Royal Institute of Painters in Water-colours.[3] A joint exhibition of Lawrence and Flight's work was held at the Embroiderer's Guild in 1937 and they wrote and illustrated three books for children together.[1] In June Lawrence and Flight moved to a village in Wiltshire but retained their London studio which was subsequently destroyed in the Blitz.[1]
Lawrence nursed Flight from 1947, when he suffered a stroke, until his death in 1955.[1] By then Lawrence's eye-sight was failing but a cataract operation allowed her to continue painting.[1] A career retrospective of Lawrence's work was held at the University of Hull in the summer of 1973 and a memorial exhibition in her honour was held at the Parkin Gallery in London later that year, following her death at a nursing home in Salisbury.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-19-861370-9.
- ^ ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
- ^ a b Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
- ^ ISBN 0-85967-968-3.
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