| Daphne Fedarb | |
| Birth Name: | Daphne Brook |
| Birth Date: | 1912 |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Nationality: | British |
| Field: | Landscape painting |
| Spouse: | Ernest Fedarb (m. 1932) |
Daphne Fedarb née Brook (1912-1992) was a British painter and artist.[1]
Fedarb was born in London and studied art at Beckenham School of Art between 1928 and 1930 and then studied at the Slade School of Art from 1931 to 1934.[2] From 1936 to 1939 Fedarb studied at the Westminster School of Art where she was taught by both Mark Gertler and Bernard Meninsky.[2] In 1932 she married the artist Ernest Fedarb and in 1935 they held their first joint exhibition at the Fine Art Society in London.[3] Later in their careers the couple would have further joint exhibitions, notably at Sally Hunter Fine Art in 1986.[3] Between 1961 and 1973 Daphne Fedarb was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy in London and also with the New English Art Club and the London Group and also in America.[3] [2] She was a member of the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Gravers / Printmakers, and the Women's International Art Club.[3] She was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists, RBA, in 1948 and won the RBA De Laszlo medal in 1982.[3] Fedarb won first prize in the Laing Landscape competition in 1981 and two years later won second prize in the same contest.[3]