Edna Ginesi

Edna Ginesi (1902–2000) was a British artist of distant Italian ancestry.[1]

Edna Ginesi
Edna Ginesi c.1926-7
Born1902 (1902)
Leeds, United Kingdom
Died2000 (aged 9798)
NationalityBritish
EducationLeeds College of Art, Royal College of Art
Known forPainting
Spouse(s)Raymond Coxon

Ginesi was born in Leeds and studied at the Leeds College of Art and then the Royal College of Art. In 1924 she won a travelling scholarship and visited France, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands.[2] From 1929 she exhibited with the London Group and in 1933 became a member. Her first solo exhibition was in 1932 at the Zwemmer Gallery. In 1930 she became a member of the Twenties Group, founded by Lucy Wertheim.[3]

References

  1. Parkin, Michael (18 February 1997). "Obituary: Raymond Coxon". The Independent. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
  2. Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 106 6.
  3. Chris Stephens, "Edna Ginesi", Tate, 1998


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