Grace English

Grace Geraldine English (1891-4 December 1956) was a British painter and etcher.

Grace English
Born1891
London
Died1956 (aged 64–65)
NationalityBritish
Education
  • Slade School of Art
  • Royal College of Art
Known forPainting

Biography

English was born in London and as a teenager spent time in Paris and Germany.[1] In Germany she met I. A. R. Wylie and produced illustrations for her book on the Black Forest.[1] Returning to London in 1912 she studied at the Slade School of Art in the city until 1914.[2] At the Slade she won a painting prize.[3] During World War I, English worked in a munitions factory and also produced machine drawings.[1] After the war she studied etching at the Royal College of Art during 1921.[3] Throughout her career English painted portraits, flowers and ballet dancers.[1] She was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy and at the New English Art Club and with the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.[2] Leeds City Art Gallery holds examples of her work.[3]

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References
  1. Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 106 6.
  2. Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
  3. David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0 953260 95 X.
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