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 ...
in
Lanarkshire
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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
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Places
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* The Harrow, County Wexford, a village in Ireland
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* Harrow (UK Parliament constituency)
...
.
Grubb has had links to
Cornwall
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since 1982, and lived in
Truro
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.
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
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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]
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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