Dorothea Sharp

Dorothea Sharp ROI RBA (1874 – 17 December 1955)[3] was a British artist best known for her landscapes and naturalistic studies of children at play.[1]

Dorothea Sharp
Dorothea Sharp 1940
Born1874
Dartford, United Kingdom
DiedDecember 17, 1955(1955-12-17) (aged 80–81)
London, United Kingdom[1]
NationalityBritish
EducationRegent Street Polytechnic
Known forpainting
MovementImpressionism
AwardsRBA Bronze Medal, 1931[1][2]
ElectedSociety of Women Artists
(1908)
Royal Society of British Artists (1907)[3]
Royal Institute of Oil Painters (1922)[3]

Life and career

Sharp was born in Dartford, Kent, and began her training aged 21, when, after inheriting £100 from an uncle, she attended the Richmond art school run by C. E. Johnson RI.[4] She went on to study at the Regent Street Polytechnic, where her work was admired by George Clausen and David Murray.[4][5] She went on to Paris,[1] where she first encountered the work of the Impressionists – in particular Claude Monet – that was to have a profound and lasting effect on her art, resulting in the highly impressionistic and spontaneous style that she was to adopt for the rest of her life.[4]

In 1903 she became an Associate of the Society of Women Artists, and in 1908 a full member,[4] going on to serve as vice-president for 4 years.[1] She was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1907 and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1922.[3][1] Sharp exhibited at The Royal Academy from 1901–1948[1][4] and held her first one-woman show at the Connell Gallery in 1933; this was a great success[4] and she was described as ‘one of England’s greatest living woman painters’ by Harold Sawkins, editor of The Artist.[6] Throughout the 1920s and 1930s Sharp travelled to Europe (e.g. Cassis) to paint, and also to Bosham and St Ives, Cornwall, where she met fellow artist Marcella Smith, who became a lifelong friend. Sharp was made an honorary member of the St. Ives Society of Artists (STISA) in 1928.[5]

Sharp died on 17 December 1955, aged 81.

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References
  1. "Miss Dorothea Sharp". The Times. 20 December 1955. p. 9. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  2. "R.B.A. Award Of Medals". The Times. 24 April 1931. p. 9. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  3. "SHARP, Dorothea". Who Was Who. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  4. Taylor, Hilary. "Dorothea Sharp, 1874–1955". Howgill Tattershall Fine Art. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  5. "Dorothea SHARP". Cornwall Artists' Index. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  6. Sawkins, Harold (April 1935). The Artist. Missing or empty |title= (help)

Further reading
  • Entwisle, Helen (2008). Rock Pools and Sunshine: The Biography of Dorothea Sharp. William Sessions Limited. ISBN 978-1850723783.
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