Freda Marston Explained

Freda Marston
Birth Date:22 October 1895
Birth Place:Hampstead, England
Death Place:Hilterfingen, Switzerland
Nationality:British
Field:Painting
Spouse:Reginald St Clair Marston

Freda Marston (1895-1949) was a British painter and printmaker.[1]

Biography

Marston née Clulow was born on 22 October 1895 at Hampstead in north London.[2] Between 1916 and 1920, she studied at the Regent Street Polytechnic School of Art where she was taught by Harry Watson and Terrick Williams.[3] Marston exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, with the Royal Society of British Artists and the Fine Art Society.[3] She was married to the painter Reginald St Clair Marston and lived for a time at Robertsbridge in Surrey.[3] She was commissioned by London, Midland and Scottish Railway and British Railways to produce carriage prints and examples of her work are held in public collections in Eastbourne and Stoke-on-Trent.[2] [3] Marston died on 27 March 1949.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Freda Marston . AskArt . 18 May 2021.
  2. Web site: Freda Marston . Travelling Art Gallery - Railway Carriage Prints . 18 May 2021.
  3. Book: David Buckman. Art Dictionaries Ltd. 2006. Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 2, M to Z . 0 953260 95 X.