Margaret Green

Margaret Green (7 March 1925 – 4 December 2003) was a British figurative painter.

Margaret Green
Born(1925-03-07)7 March 1925[1][2][3]
West Hartlepool
Died4 December 2003(2003-12-04) (aged 78)
Saxtead, Suffolk[3]
NationalityBritish
Alma mater
Spouse(s)Lionel Bulmer

Biography

Green was born in West Hartlepool; her father worked at a steel plant, and was also a member of the local art club.[1][2][3] From 1944 she studied at West Hartlepool School of Art and then won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art where she studied until 1947.[4] She won several prizes at the RCA, including a Silver Medal and Painting Prize.[5] In 1947 Green started teaching at Walthamstow College of Art, then in the 1960s at the Royal Academy Schools.[1][2][3]

Green's husband was the artist Lionel Bulmer.[1][2][3] They lived in Sussex from the 1950s, and restored their mediaeval house and its garden at Onehouse.[1][2][3][6] Green also kept a studio in Chelsea, London.[6] In 1972 Green had a solo exhibition at the New Grafton Gallery and in 2002 Messum's held a joint exhibition of her and her husband's work.[5]

Green was a member of the New English Art Club,[1][2][3] and also exhibited with the London Group and at the Royal Academy.[4] Her work is included in the UK Government Art Collection, the Hartlepool Art Gallery and the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum.[7][8][9]

References
  1. "Margaret Green". The Telegraph. 18 November 2003. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  2. Collins, Ian (11 November 2003). "Margaret Green: Inspired painter of a brighter, gentler postwar England". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  3. Buckman, David (1 December 2003). "Margaret Green: Painter inspired by coastal Suffolk". The Independent. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  4. Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 106 6.
  5. David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0 953260 95 X.
  6. Clarke, Andrew (9 April 2008). "Back to basics for artist's legacy". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  7. "Margaret Green". Government Art Collection. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  8. "Hidden paintings on show for the first time in Teesside". BBC News. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  9. "British Life and Landscape". Herbert Art Gallery and Museum. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

Further reading
  • Scott, Richard (2002) Artists at Walberswick
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