Elsie Dalton Hewland (23 November 1901 – 1979) was a British artist, who painted figure and genre subjects and is now known for her images of British life during

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Biography

Hewland was born and grew up in the north of England. She attended

Sheffield School of Art Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The university is based on two sites; the City Campus is located in the city centre near Sheffield railway station, while the Collegiate C ...

between 1921 and 1924 before spending four years at the

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. At the RA, between 1926 and 1930, she won both the British Institute and Landseer Scholarships. During World War II she painted a number of works depicting life on the British Home Front. These included scenes of nurseries provided for the children of war workers and images of fighter aircraft being built and repaired. Several of these were acquired by the

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and are now held by the

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in London. The critic

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highlighted her work in his 1945 survey of British war art, ''War Through Artists Eyes. After the war, Hewland worked as a medical illustrator. She regularly exhibited at the

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and with the

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. She lived for many years at Chalfont St. Giles and then at

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on the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hewland, Elsie Dalton 1901 births 1979 deaths 20th-century English painters 20th-century English women artists Alumni of the Royal Academy Schools Alumni of Sheffield Hallam University British war artists English women painters World War II artists 20th-century women painters