Helen Edwards (artist) explained

Helen Edwards
Birth Name:Helen Sutton
Birth Date:18 February 1882
Birth Place:Eastbourne, Sussex
Death Place:Three Legged Cross, Dorset
Nationality:British
Field:Landscape painting
Spouse:George Herbert Edwards

Helen Constance Pym Edwards née Sutton, (18 February 1882 – 1963) was a British landscape painter.

Biography

Edwards was born and educated in Eastbourne in Sussex.[1] Between 1906 and 1908 she studied art under Algernon Talmage at St Ives in Cornwall.[2] She took further art lessons with H Dawson Barkas during 1909 at Reading in Berkshire.[2] [1] During her artistic career Edwards mainly painted landscapes, working in oils, pastels and watercolours.[1] She exhibited with the Royal Society of British Artists, with the Portrait Society and the Society of Women Artists.[2] [1] In 1933 Edwards was elected a member of the British Watercolour Society.[2] Edwards lived for a long period at Parkstone in Dorset and regularly exhibited with local art societies throughout Hampshire and Dorset.[3] Several pastels by Edwards were reproduced by the Medici Society.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Grant M. Waters. Eastbourne Fine Art. 1975. Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950.
  2. Book: Frances Spalding. Antique Collectors' Club. 1990. 20th Century Painters and Sculptors . 1-85149-106-6.
  3. Book: David Buckman. Art Dictionaries Ltd. 2006. Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L . 0-953260-95-X.