Gillian Stroudley née Thain (1925–1992) was an

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painter and printmaker.

Life and work

Gillian Stroudley was born Gillian Thain in Epsom, Surrey in 1925. She studied painting and wood engraving at

St. Martin's School of Art Saint Martin's School of Art was an art college in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1854, initially under the aegis of the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Saint Martin's became part of ...

between 1945-1951 under the supervision of

Gertrude Hermes Gertrude Anna Bertha Hermes (18 August 1901 – 9 May 1983) was a British wood-engraver and sculptor. Hermes was a member of the English Wood Engraving Society (1925–31) and exhibited with the Society of Wood Engravers, the Royal Academy an ...

and Clifford Webb. After graduating, she worked as an art teacher for the

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and also as a freelance textile designer. An extremely talented printmaker, her etchings were exhibited at the

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, London and are also found in the collections of the National Library and Museum of Wales. She married the artist

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, they had two sons and one daughter.

Exhibitions

Gillian exhibited the etchings ''The Copse'' and ''Angle Church at High Water'' in the Large South Room of The Royal Academy in 1995, alongside

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and

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.Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 1995 (Saunders & Williams, 1995)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stroudley, Gillian 20th-century English painters English etchers 1925 births 1992 deaths 20th-century English printmakers