Primrose Vera Pitman (1902 – 13 September 1998) was a British artist known for her detailed paintings,

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s and drawings of her native

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and

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Biography

Pitman was born in Exeter and studied art at the local Royal Albert Memorial College. After graduation she continued to live in the

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district of the city and was a member of the Exeter Art Society and the Kenn Group. Drawings by Pitman of war-time Exeter were published in the 1942 book ''Exeter Blitz''. In 1953 she became a member of the

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and also regularly exhibited with the

Royal West of England Academy The Royal West of England Academy (RWA) is Bristol's oldest art gallery, located in Clifton, Bristol, near the junction of Queens Road and Whiteladies Road. Situated in a Grade 2* listed building, it hosts five galleries and an exhibition program ...

. The

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in Exeter holds several of her drawings of the city. In 1972 a collection of her etchings and drawings were published. Her tinted etchings of the Iron Bridge in Exeter can be seen on the front and back covers of another book. Original etchings by Pitman of other well-known buildings in Exeter such as Mol's Coffee House, The Guildhall and the Washington Singer Laboratories occasionally come up for sale at specialist galleries.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pitman, Primrose 1902 births 1998 deaths 20th-century English painters 20th-century English women artists Alumni of the University of Exeter Artists from Exeter English women painters