Flavia Blois
Flavia Ria Joan Blois, later Baroness Burntwood, (28 December 1914 - 28 March 1980) was a British landscape artist.[1]
The Lady Burntwood | |
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Born | 28 December 1914 |
Died | 28 March 1980 65) Westminster, London | (aged
Nationality | British |
Education |
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Known for | Painting |
Spouse(s) | Julian Snow, Baron Burntwood (m.1948-1980 her death) |
Biography
Blois was born at Cockfield Hall at Yoxford in Suffolk into the Blois family. Her father was Sir Ralph Barrett MacNaghten Blois, a baronet, and her mother was Winifred Grace Blois née Kennard.[1] Flavia Blois studied art in London, first at the Chelsea School of Art and then at the Euston Road School.[2][3] She studied in Paris during 1939 and 1940 after which she turned away from portrait painting to depicting landscapes and street scenes.[2] Blois painted many landscapes in the East Anglia countryside, usually working in oils in her studio from ink notes made outdoors.[2] She exhibited at the Royal Academy on a regular basis and with both the London Group and the New English Art Club.[3] During her career she had three solo gallery shows.[2]
In 1948 Blois married Julian Snow who, in 1970, became a Life peer as Baron Burntwood, having previously been the Labour Party MP for Lichfield and Tamworth.[1] Blois died in 1980 at Westminster in central London.[1]
References
- "BLOIS, Flavia Ria Joan". Suffolk Artists. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
- Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 106 6.