Dorothy Lockwood, née Smith, (1910–1991) was a British artist known for her watercolour paintings.

Biography

Lockwood was born in

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and would live there for the majority of her life. Lockwood, and her twin sister, studied at the

Birmingham School of Art The Birmingham School of Art was a municipal art school based in the centre of Birmingham, England. Although the organisation was absorbed by Birmingham Polytechnic in 1971 and is now part of Birmingham City University's Faculty of Arts, Design a ...

under Bernard Fleetwood-Walker. After graduating from art school, Lockwood undertook commercial work which included some designs for advertising companies. In due course she became head of design at the

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company. With her sister, Marjorie Sinclair, Lockwood wrote and illustrated a number of children's books. During her artistic career, Lockwood exhibited at the

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in London, the

New English Art Club The New English Art Club (NEAC) is a society for contemporary artists that was founded in London, England, in 1886 as an alternative venue to the Royal Academy. The NEAC holds an annual exhibition of paintings and drawings at the Mall Galleries ...

and with the

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. In 1959 Lockwood was elected a member of the

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. In 1969 she was elected an associate member of the

Royal Watercolour Society The Royal Watercolour Society is a British institution of painters working in watercolours. The Society is a centre of excellence for water-based media on paper, which allows for a diverse and interesting range of approaches to the medium of wa ...

and became a full member in 1974.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lockwood, Doroothy 1910 births 1991 deaths 20th-century English women artists 20th-century English painters Alumni of the Birmingham School of Art Artists from Birmingham, West Midlands Members and Associates of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Sibling artists