Bernard Adeney (2 August 1878 – 4 April 1966) was an

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and

textile designer Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics. However, weaving is not the ...

. He was a founding member of the

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, an artists' exhibiting society, and was its president from 1921 to 1923. Between 1930 and 1947, he was head of the textile school at the

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, where he had taught since 1903. One of his most notable works is the painting ''Toy Sailing Boats'' (1911), which formed part of a seven-piece collection of panels painted for

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under the direction of

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. Other works include ''Edge of a Wood'', ''Barley Fields'', ''West Wittering'', ''Pond and Trees'', ''Farm Buildings'' and ''The Parade, Cowes''. Adeney was born on 2 August 1878 in

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, the son of Canon W. F. Adeney. He started his art training in St.John's Wood Art School when only nine years old, He then studied at the

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, the

Académie Julian The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number a ...

in Paris and later the

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. He married the painter Thérèse Lessore in 1909 and they were divorced in 1921. He subsequently married fellow painter Noël Gilford.

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