| Ina Maud Sheldon-Williams | |
| Birth Name: | Ina Maud Thomson |
| Birth Date: | 21 January 1876 |
| Birth Place: | Ardrishaig, Argyll, Scotland |
| Alma Mater: | Slade School of Fine Art |
| Known For: | Painting |
| Spouse: | Inglis Sheldon-Williams (1870–1940) |
Ina Maud Sheldon-Williams nee Thomson (1876–1956) was a British artist, known for her travel and landscape paintings.[1]
Ina Sheldon-Williams was born in Ardrishaig, Argyll, in Scotland. She studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London from 1895 to 1898 and also studied in Paris.[2] She was widely travelled both throughout her life, in Britain, Italy and India.[2] [3] [4]
Ina Maud Thomson married Inglis Sheldon-Williams (1870-1940) in 1904 and they resided in England for the following decade. Inglis Sheldon-Williams was also an artist and a military figure, who had once studied with Thomas Brock before enrolling at the Slade. He was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War and the 1904 Russo-Japanese War.[2] During the First World War he worked as a war artist for the Canadian forces in France.[2]
In 1926, Sheldon-Williams exhibited a painting of the Italian and French Alps alongside her husband's war drawings at Messrs. W. J. Walter's New Gallery.[5] Sheldon-Williams presented studies of an Indian figure for an exhibition in 1935.[6] Established by Kenneth Clark in the early 1940s, Sheldon-Williams contributed to the Recording Britain scheme during the Second World War.[7] She exhibited paintings on a regular basis in group and solo shows at the Royal Academy in London, with the New English Art Club, the Fine Art Society and at Walker's Galleries, the Kensington Gallery and elsewhere.[2] In July 2012, Sheldon-Williams' work was exhibited alongside work by Elisabeth Frink at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery.[8]
Sheldon-Williams had two daughters, Eve and Christina.[9] Sheldon-Williams' daughter Eve was an artist and lecturer.[10] Her granddaughter, Fran Hickox, is also an artist.[11]
Ina Sheldon-Williams' work is held in public collections in both the United Kingdom and Canada.
| Title | Year | Medium | Gallery no. | Gallery | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cactus Flowers | c.1949–1950 | oil on canvas | F2045 | Derbyshire & Derby School Library Service | England | |
| Inglis Sheldon-Williams Painting Ina's Portrait | 1919 | pencil on paper | PC83.1.50 | Dunlop Art Gallery | Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Girl Reading | - | pencil on paper | PC83.1.49 | Dunlop Art Gallery | Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Keats House, Hampstead | ca.1940 | pencil and watercolour on paper | E.1860-1949 | Victoria and Albert Museum | London, England | |
| Oxen Ploughing, the Cuckmere | c.1904 | oil on canvas | HASMG:939.6 | Hastings Museum and Art Gallery | Hastings, England | |
| Study for Dog in Mons Picture | - | pencil on paper | PC83.1.51 | Dunlop Art Gallery | Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Sussex Oxen and Hayricks | c.1904 | oil on canvas | HASMG:973.107 | Hastings Museum and Art Gallery | Hastings, England |