Catherine Grubb (born 1945) is a British artist.

Biography

Grubb was born in

Bellshill Bellshill (pronounced "Bells hill") is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, southeast of Glasgow city centre and west of Edinburgh. Other nearby localities are Motherwell to the south, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton to the south ...

Lanarkshire Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark ( gd, Siorrachd Lannraig; sco, Lanrikshire), is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the central Lowlands of Scotland. Lanarkshire is the most populous county in Scotlan ...

; her parents were Scottish and Lithuanian. She lived in London as a child. Grubb studied at

Edinburgh College of Art Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) is one of eleven schools in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. Tracing its history back to 1760, it provides higher education in art and design, architecture, histor ...

and the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ...

. She researched mediaeval artists' sketchbooks. She works in both printmaking (etching) and painting. She has also taught at schools and at

Harrow School of Art , mottoeng = The Lord is our Strength , type = Public , established = 1838: Royal Polytechnic Institution 1891: Polytechnic-Regent Street 1970: Polytechnic of Central London 1992: University of Westminster , endowment = £5.1 million ...

. Grubb has had links to

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

since 1982, and now lives in

Truro Truro (; kw, Truru) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is Cornwall's county town, sole city and centre for administration, leisure and retail trading. Its ...

. She has designed costumes for

The Questors Theatre The Questors Theatre is a theatre venue located in the London Borough of Ealing, west London. It is home of The Questors, a large theatre company which hosts a season of around twenty productions a year and is a member of the ''Little Theatre Gu ...

. Her work is held in the

Government Art Collection The Government Art Collection (GAC) is the collection of artworks owned by the UK government and administered by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The GAC's artworks are used to decorate major government buildings in t ...

and in the art collection of the

University of Stirling The University of Stirling (, gd, Oilthigh Shruighlea (abbreviated as Stir or Shruiglea, in post-nominals) is a public university in Stirling, Scotland, founded by royal charter in 1967. It is located in the Central Belt of Scotland, built w ...

Exhibitions

Exhibitions of her work have included: * Ealing Professional Painters' Exhibition, 1972 * Exhibition at the Bull's Eye, Birmingham, 1974 * Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, 1976 * New Etchings by Catherine Grubb, at Questors' Theatre, 1985 * Etchings, at Uxbridge Central Library, 1989 * New Richmond Gallery, 1990

References

External links

Papers at the Newlyn Archive

* [https://collections.ed.ac.uk/art/search/*:*/Artist:%22catherine+grubb%7C%7C%7CCatherine+Grubb%22/Period:%2220th+century%7C%7C%7C20th+century%22?sort_by=dc.title_sort%20desc Works in collection of University of Edinburgh] {{DEFAULTSORT:Grubb, Catherine 1945 births Living people 20th-century Scottish women artists 20th-century Scottish painters 20th-century British printmakers 21st-century Scottish women artists 21st-century Scottish painters 21st-century British printmakers Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art Alumni of the University of Edinburgh People from Bellshill People from Truro Scottish women painters