Daisy Radcliffe Beresford (, c. 1879–10 November 1939) was a British painter and decorative artist who was known for her portraits, landscapes and interiors.

Life

Beresford was born in 1879 in

Dalston Dalston () is an area of East London, in the London Borough of Hackney. It is northeast of Charing Cross. Dalston began as a hamlet on either side of Dalston Lane, and as the area urbanised the term also came to apply to surrounding areas i ...

, London. She married the painter Frank Beresford (1881–1967) in 1910 and they had two daughters. Their daughters both followed their parents into careers in art. Beresford was educated at the

Heatherley School of Fine Art The Heatherley School of Fine Art is an independent art school in London. The school was named after Thomas Heatherley who took over as the school's principal from James Mathews Leigh (when it was named "Leigh's"). Founded in 1845, the school ...

and at the

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, where she won 3 silver and 2 bronze medals.. Fellow students in her cohort included

Vanessa Bell Vanessa Bell (née Stephen; 30 May 1879 – 7 April 1961) was an English painter and interior designer, a member of the Bloomsbury Group and the sister of Virginia Woolf (née Stephen). Early life and education Vanessa Stephen was the eld ...

, Ethel Everett, Margery Snowdon and Sylvia Whitman. She obtained the Art Class Teacher's Certificate at the age of 13 and her Art Mistress' Certificate at age 16. Beresford was a member of the New Society of Artists, from its formation in 1921. She showed 12 paintings at the

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and one at the Society of Women Artists Exhibitors. Some of her works are held in the collections of the Chris Beetles Gallery,

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and

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen ...

, whilst other pieces are on display at municipal institutions such as the

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and

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, Kent. She died in 1939.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beresford, Daisy Radcliffe 1879 births 1939 deaths Artists from the London Borough of Hackney People from Dalston 20th-century British women artists Royal Academicians Alumni of the Heatherley School of Fine Art