Grace Geraldine English (1891-4 December 1956) was a British painter and etcher.

Biography

English was born in London and as a teenager spent time in Paris and Germany. In Germany she met

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and produced illustrations for her book on the Black Forest. Returning to London in 1912 she studied at the

Slade School of Art The UCL Slade School of Fine Art (informally The Slade) is the art school of University College London (UCL) and is based in London, England. It has been ranked as the UK's top art and design educational institution. The school is organised as ...

in the city until 1914. At the Slade she won a painting prize. During World War I, English worked in a munitions factory and also produced machine drawings. After the war she studied etching at the

Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It offe ...

during 1921. Throughout her career English painted portraits, flowers and ballet dancers. She was a regular exhibitor at the

Royal Academy The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its pur ...

and at the New English Art Club and with the

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and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Leeds City Art Gallery holds examples of her work.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:English, Grace 1891 births 1956 deaths 20th-century English painters 20th-century English women artists Alumni of the Royal College of Art Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art Artists from London English women painters