London born, educated at the Slade School of Art (1899-1903). Among the first women officially commissioned as a war artist. Anna Airy was a member of the Pastel Society, the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers, Royal Institute of Painters, Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the…

Born in Bedfordshire, Amy Browning entered the Royal College in 1899 to study painting and gained a diploma in teaching art. She later taught at Beckenham School of Art, one of her students was Mary Potter. She became friends with Sylvia Pankhurst assisting her in the…

Born in London, studied at Chelsea School of Art in the late 1930’s and Camberwell College of Art after the war. She had a strong connection with the Suffolk coast throughout her life. A highly influential painter and teacher to the post-war generation. In 1951,…

Born in Derbyshire, received some formal art training before becoming a social worker in a deprived area of London. She remained a painter all her life, making frequent visits to Suffolk. There is little information available about her life and work.  

Born at Belstead, near Ipswich, attended the Slade School of Fine Art prior to the First World War. Lucy Harwood was one of the first students at the East Anglian School of Drawing and Painting set up by Cedric Morris in 1937. Lucy Harwood became…

Born in Lincolnshire, Helen Kiddall won a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy Schools from 1912 and went on to show at their annual exhibitions. She moved to Suffolk in 1932 and became a member of the Ipswich Art Society. She taught throughout her…

Born in Surrey, Beatrice Ethel Lithiby lived in London and studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1913 to 1921 where she went on to show at their annual exhibitions. She served in the first world war and as was a ranking army officer during…

Born in Kent, Mary Potter studied at Beckenham School of Art in 1916 and at the Slade School of Fine Art (1918-1921), was awarded the first prize for portrait painting and a place in a New English Art Club exhibition and became an early member…

Born in Suffolk, Effie Spring Smith studied at the Ipswich School of Art and entered the Slade School of Art in 1925. She went on to live in London and finally Kent. She painted throughout her life and exhibited widely, e.g. at the Glasgow Institute…

Born in Middlesex she moved to Suffolk in 1931. Internationally acclaimed as a child prodigy, Peggy Somerville exhibited work from the age of four and continued painting and exhibiting her work throughout her life. Peggy Somerville’s first solo exhibition was held when she was nine…

Ipswich born ceramicist, painter and writer who lived in London and Torquay. She studied portraiture and went on to design pottery in London and Devon.  She became well known for her caricatures and goblin-like models and other grotesque figures. Along with a significant collection of her ceramics,…

Ipswich born artist who went on to live in London and finally in Brighton. Kathleen Walne studied at the Ipswich School of Art and exhibited regularly from the mid 30’s especially at the Lucy Wertheim Galleries in Burlington Gardens. Lucy Wertheim recorded in her book…

Born in Surrey, lived in London and Aldeburgh, Connie Winn studied from 1917 at the Camberwell School of Art and Crafts, was a member and exhibitor at the Royal Society of British Art and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colour. From 1933 she…