Valerie Miles | |
Birth Name: | Valerie Sweet |
Birth Date: | 1914 |
Birth Place: | Aberkenfig, Wales |
Nationality: | British |
Alma Mater: | Cardiff School of Art |
Known For: | Painting, illustration |
Valerie Miles Sweet (1914–1999) was a Welsh artist and illustrator.
Miles was born at Aberkenfig in south Wales and studied at the Cardiff School of Art between 1932 and 1938.[1] [2] Miles obtained several commissions to illustrate children's books and also painted portraits of children and adults plus animal paintings, most notably of dogs.[2] She was an active member of, and exhibitor with the Pekinese Society of Wales.[1] Her landscape paintings were centred around her home at Gwaelod-y-Garth near Cardiff.[1] Miles was a member of the South Wales Art Society and participated in a number of their group exhibitions, in exhibitions at the Oriel Cardiff and in Arts Council of Wales shows.[2]