Grace Digby (1895–1964) was a British artist, notable as a landscape painter and jewellery designer.

Biography

Digby was born at

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in North Yorkshire and studied in Brussels. She was educated at the Brussels Academie and Conservatoire and also studied painting at the atelier of Blanc Garin. During her career she made jewellery, painted landscapes in both oils and watercolours and designed posters. Digby was also a talented violinist, and won medals in competitions in Brussels and

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. Digby exhibited at the

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in London, at the

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in Liverpool, with the

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and also in Europe, the United States and in Australia. Between 1948 and 1964 she was a regular exhibitor with the

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and was a full member of the Society from 1961. Digby lived in Birmingham during her adult life and exhibited with both the

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and the Birmingham Art Circle and also had a solo exhibition in the city during 1925. The

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has her oil painting, ''After the Shelling, Louvain 1914'' in its collection.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Digby, Grace 1895 births 1964 deaths 20th-century English women artists Artists from Birmingham, West Midlands British jewellery designers English women painters Artists from Scarborough, North Yorkshire British expatriates in Belgium British women jewellers