Edith Lovell Andrews (7 November 1886–1980) was a British painter and decorative artist.
Biography
Andrews was born in
Newport
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Ireland
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in
Monmouthshire
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and was educated at the Forest Gate Collegiate School. She studied at the Worcester School of Art from 1903 to 1907 and then at the
Glasgow School of Art
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for two years before attending
Heatherley's School of Art
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The school was named after Thomas Heatherley who took over as the school's principal from James Mathews Leigh (when it was named "Leigh's"). Founded in 1845, the school ...
in London until 1914. She painted landscapes and flower subjects in watercolours and
tempera
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. Andrews also produced posters in tempera, decorative lettering and works on vellum.
Andrews exhibited extensively in international shows, in Canada and in Stockholm and Turin, and also in Britain, notably at St Ives where she lived. She was elected a member of the
St Ives Society of Artists
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British Museum
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