Daphne Charlton ( Gribble; 1909–1991) was a British artist.

Biography

Charlton was born near

York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...

in the north of England and studied at the

Slade School of Fine Art The UCL Slade School of Fine Art (informally The Slade) is the art school of University College London (UCL) and is based in London, England. It has been ranked as the UK's top art and design educational institution. The school is organised as ...

in London from 1927. At the Slade she met her future husband, George Charlton, who was a teacher there and who she married in 1929. The couple settled in

Hampstead Hampstead () is an area in London, England, which lies northwest of Charing Cross, located mainly in the London Borough of Camden, with a small part in the London Borough of Barnet. It borders Highgate and Golders Green to the north, Belsiz ...

in north London and the area became a frequent subject of her paintings. Among her fellow students at the Slade was

Mary Adshead Mary Adshead (15 February 1904 - 3 September 1995) was an English painter, muralist, illustrator and designer. Biography Adshead was born in Bloomsbury, London,as the only child of Stanley Davenport Adshead, architect, watercolourist, and Profe ...

, who painted a notable portrait of Charlton in 1935. Beginning in 1939, Charlton had an affair with

Stanley Spencer Sir Stanley Spencer, CBE Royal Academy of Arts, RA (30 June 1891 – 14 December 1959) was an English painter. Shortly after leaving the Slade School of Art, Spencer became well known for his paintings depicting Biblical scenes occurring as if ...

after the breakdown of his second marriage and she appeared in several of his paintings, including ''The Woolshop'' and the double portrait ''On the Tiger Rug''. Spencer painted several other portraits of Charlton, including the 1940 picture, now in the

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, ''Daphne'' with her wearing a fashionable hat he bought for the sittings. A second portrait of Charlton by Spencer from the following year is much less flamboyant. One of Charlton's paintings of Spencer shows an unhappy individual resting against a pillow. An exhibition of George Charlton's work at The Chambers Gallery in 2005 included several paintings by Daphne Charlton. The Burgh House & Hampstead Museum in London holds several works by her.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Charlton, Daphne 1909 births 1991 deaths 20th-century English painters 20th-century English women artists Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art Artists from York English women painters Artists from London People from Hampstead 20th-century British women painters