Dorothy A. Cadman (1888–1918) was an English painter, who predominantly worked in oil and watercolour.

Life and work

Dorothy was born in 1888 in

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, to William Westlake Cadman and Annie Sarah Boheme Cave. She studied painting and drawing at the prestigious

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between 1907 and 1909, taking lessons from

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.Calendar: University of London 1909 Her classmates and contemporaries at the Slade School during this period included Mark Gertler and Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot. Between 1914 and 1916 Dorothy exhibited six paintings at the London Salon of the Allied Artists' Association which were shown in the dramatic setting of the

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. She died in 1918, in Willesden, London. A small retrospective exhibition of her work was held at the Fairhurst Gallery, London, in October 1987. Her work is much sought after and has been sold at major art auction houses including

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and

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in London.Comprehensive information about artists – ARTINFO Artists

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cadman, Dorothy English women painters Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art 1918 deaths 1888 births