Valerie Miles (artist)

Valerie Miles née Sweet (1914–1999) was a Welsh artist and illustrator.

Biography

Miles was born at Aberkenfig in south Wales and studied at the Cardiff School of Art between 1932 and 1938.[1][2] Miles obtained several commissions to illustrate children's books and also painted portraits of children and adults plus animal paintings, most notably of dogs.[2] She was an active member of, and exhibitor with the Pekinese Society of Wales.[1] Her landscape paintings were centred around her home at Gwaelod-y-Garth near Cardiff.[1] Miles was a member of the South Wales Art Society and participated in a number of their group exhibitions, in exhibitions at the Oriel Cardiff and in Arts Council of Wales shows.[2]

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References
  1. David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 2, M to Z. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0 953260 95 X.
  2. Peter W Jones & Isabel Hitchman (2015). Post War to Post Modern: A Dictionary of Artists in Wales. Gomer Press. ISBN 978 184851 8766.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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