| Edith Alice Andrews | |
| Birth Name: | Edith Alice Cubitt |
| Birth Date: | 1873 |
| Birth Place: | Deptford, London |
| Death Place: | Pembury, Kent |
| Nationality: | British |
| Alma Mater: | Goldsmiths' College of Art |
| Known For: | Painting |
Edith Alice Andrews (Cubitt; 1873–1958) was a British painter and illustrator.
Andrews was born in Deptford to Kate and Herbert Cubitt, who were from Surrey and Norfolk respectively.[1] Andrews studied at Goldsmiths' College of Art in London and won a number of medals and prizes while a student.[2] During her career, Andrews illustrated books, including children's books, for several publishers including the Oxford University Press, Cassell, Blackie and Son and Ernest Nister.[1] She also created flower paintings, portrait pictures and miniatures.[3] One of her designs was used as publicity by the Great Western Railway.[2]
Andrews was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy in London between 1905 and 1954 and with the Society of Women Artists during the 1920s.[1] She also exhibited with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, at the Paris Salon and at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.[3] [2] Andrews lived at High Wycombe for a time and then at Pembury in Kent.[3] The Victoria and Albert Museum in London holds examples of her book illustrations.[4]