Catherine Grubb (born 1945) is a British artist.

Biography

Grubb was born in

Bellshill Bellshill (pronounced "Bells hill") is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, southeast of Glasgow city centre and west of Edinburgh. Other nearby localities are Motherwell to the south, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton to the south ...

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to Scottish and Lithuanian parents, then lived in London as a child. Grubb studied at

Edinburgh College of Art Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) is one of eleven schools in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. Tracing its history back to 1760, it provides higher education in art and design, architecture, histor ...

and the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a Public university, public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the City of Edinburgh Council, town council under th ...

, and researched mediaeval artists' sketchbooks. She works in printmaking (etching) and painting, and has taught at schools including

Harrow School of Art Harrow may refer to: Places * Harrow, Victoria, Australia * Harrow, Ontario, Canada * The Harrow, County Wexford, a village in Ireland * London Borough of Harrow, England * Harrow, London, a town in London * Harrow (UK Parliament constituency) ...

. Grubb has had links to

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since 1982, and lived in

Truro Truro (; ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England; it is the southernmost city in the United Kingdom, just under west-south-west of Charing Cross in London. It is Cornwall's county town, s ...

. She has designed costumes for

The Questors Theatre The Questors Theatre is a theatre venue located in the London Borough of Ealing, West London. It is home of The Questors, a large theatre company which hosts a season of around twenty productions a year, not including visiting companies, and is a ...

. Her work is held in the

Government Art Collection The Government Art Collection (GAC) is the collection of artworks owned by the UK government and administered by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The GAC's artworks are used to decorate major government buildings in the UK and ...

and in the art collection of the

University of Stirling The University of Stirling (abbreviated as Stir or Shruiglea, in post-nominals; ) is a public university in Stirling, Scotland, founded by a royal charter in 1967. It is located in the Central Belt of Scotland, built within the walled Airth ...

Exhibitions

Exhibitions of her work have included: * Ealing Professional Painters' Exhibition, 1972 * Exhibition at the Bull's Eye, Birmingham, 1974 * Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, 1976 * New Etchings by Catherine Grubb, at Questors' Theatre, 1985 * Etchings, at Uxbridge Central Library, 1989 * New Richmond Gallery, 1990

References

External links

Papers at the Newlyn Archive

* [https://collections.ed.ac.uk/art/search/*:*/Artist:%22catherine+grubb%7C%7C%7CCatherine+Grubb%22/Period:%2220th+century%7C%7C%7C20th+century%22?sort_by=dc.title_sort%20desc Works in collection of University of Edinburgh] {{DEFAULTSORT:Grubb, Catherine 1945 births Living people 20th-century Scottish women artists 20th-century Scottish painters 20th-century British printmakers 21st-century Scottish women artists 21st-century Scottish painters 21st-century British printmakers Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art People from Bellshill People from Truro Scottish women painters 20th-century British women painters 21st-century British women painters