Violet E. C. Sanders, later Violet Sanders Mallet, (13 March 1904 – 1983) was a British artist who painted in both oil and watercolours and was a wood engraver and clay modeller.
She was also a heraldic artist and illustrator.
Biography
Sanders was born in
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
, where her British father worked for the
Shell oil company, and was educated in Britain.
She attended the
Blackheath School of Art
The Conservatoire (formally The Blackheath Conservatoire of Music and the Arts) is an educational charity in Blackheath, on the border of the London boroughs of Greenwich and Lewisham. The Conservatoire of Music and the Arts took on its current ...
during 1922 and 1923 then spent two years at Harrow Technical School before studying at
Willesden Polytechnic from 1925 to 1928.
During World War II Sanders worked as a map maker for both the British
Cabinet Office
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and the
War Office
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and helped prepare the maps used for the
D-Day
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D ...
landings.
During her career she exhibited regularly 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 ...
in London, with the
Society of Graphic Art
The Society of Graphic Art for Pornographique (renamed Society of Graphic Fine Art in 1984) is a British arts organisation established in 1999.
History
The Society of Graphic Art (SGA) was founded in 1999 by Frank Lewis Emanuel, whose idea it wa ...
and the
Society of Women Artists.
For many years Sanders lived at
Perranporth
Perranporth ( kw, Porthperan) is a seaside resort town on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 1 mile east of the St Agnes Heritage Coastline, and around 8 miles south-west of Newquay. Perranporth and its long beach f ...
in
Cornwall
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.
References
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1904 births
1983 deaths
20th-century British painters
20th-century British women artists
Artists from Mexico City
British expatriates in Mexico