Gladys Kathleen Madge Bell née Farrar (1882–1965) was a British artist and miniature painter.

Biography

Bell studied at the Cope and Nichols' School of Art at Kensington in London. From 1910 Bell exhibited at the

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some 28 times, mostly miniatures and portraits. She also exhibited at the

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, at the

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and with the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, RMS. Bell was elected a full member of the RMS in 1927. A miniature by Bell was commissioned for

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and is now in the Royal Collection. She was married to the stained glass artist Reginald Bell and the couple lived at

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in London and later, at

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in Buckinghamshire. Their son Michael Charles Farrar Bell also became an artist.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bell, Gladys Kathleen 1882 births 1965 deaths 20th-century British painters 20th-century British women artists English women painters Portrait miniaturists 20th-century English women 20th-century English people