Lady Cylla Dugdale (née Cecilia Mary Mount; January 15, 1931 – December 4, 2018) was a British artist and art collector.

Biography

Raised in

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's Wasing Place, Cylla was the eldest child of Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Mount, Bt, and Elizabeth Mount (née Llewellyn). Among her notable relatives, she was the aunt of former UK prime minister

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and cousin to writer Sir Ferdinand Mount. Educated at Oakdene and St Andrew's School, Pangbourne, Cylla later studied in

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and pursued an agricultural diploma from

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. Drawn to art, she trained under Carel Weight in

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and engaged with the

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. Her experiences spanned traveling on the and across America and working as a liaison officer at

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airbase in Berkshire. Cylla's paintings, often reminiscent of

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's style, varied from portraits to landscapes. Besides being an active artist, she was a collector of 20th-century British "kitchen sink" art and frequently supported local artists. Management of the Wasing Estate passed onto her son

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in 2008, and he inherited it in full in 2019 after her death.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dugdale, Cylla 1931 births 2018 deaths 20th-century English women painters 20th-century English painters Artists from Berkshire English art collectors English landscape painters English portrait painters People educated at St Andrew's School, Pangbourne People from Aldermaston People from Wasing