Jane Dowling

Dowling was born in London and while studying for a degree at St Anne's College, Oxford between 1943 and 1946 also studied at the Slade School of Fine Art.[1] Between 1946 and 1963 she took further courses at the Ruskin School of Art, the Byam Shaw School of Art and the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London.[1] Dowling went on to teach at the Byam Shaw School, Maidstone School of Art and at the Royal Academy Schools.[2] Beginning in 1961 she became a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy, including at the 2019 Summer Exhibition, and from 1974 onwards she had a series of solo shows at the New Grafton Gallery in London and also exhibited with the New English Art Club.[1][2][3] During 1984 and 1985, Dowling and her husband, the portrait painter Peter Greenham (1909–1992) had a joint touring exhibition.[2][4] A retrospective exhibition of her work was held at the Mompesson House in Salisbury in 1992 and further solo shows followed, notably at the Chappel Galleries in 2002.[2]

Dowling was elected a member of the Art Workers' Guild in 1980, became an honoury member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1997 and a member of the Society of Tempera Painters in 1999.[2] Dowling has completed a number of commissions for the National Trust and also one for the Oxford Oratory Church.[2] Several Oxford hospitals, plus the town's Ashmolean Museum and also Southampton Art Gallery hold examples of her work.[2]

• 5 paintings by or after Jane Dowling at the Art UK site