Louisa Puller (1884-1963) was a British artist who contributed works to both the

Recording Britain The Pilgrim Trust is a national grant-making trust in the United Kingdom. It is based in London and is a registered charity under English law. It was founded in 1930 with a two million pound grant by Edward Harkness, an American philanthropist. T ...

scheme and to the War Artists' Advisory Committee during the Second World War.

Biography

Holborn Viaduct and the City Temple, London (Art

Puller travelled widely throughout England during World War Two on behalf of Recording Britain, depicting the impact of war in at least nine different counties and was among the most prolific artists employed by the scheme. For Recording Britain, Puller was sent at short notice to the village of

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in Suffolk, arriving just hours before it was appropriated for tank training by the British Army and the local population departed. Her other contributions included six studies of Tetbury in Gloucestershire. The War Artists' Advisory Committee, WAAC, purchased two watercolours by Puller of bomb damage in the City of London. Her work for Recording Britain is now part of the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, while the

Imperial War Museum Imperial War Museums (IWM) is a British national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London. Founded as the Imperial War Museum in 1917, the museum was intended to record the civil and military ...

holds the paintings purchased from her by WAAC. Puller appears to have been an amateur artist, with no record of having a professional artistic career. In 1913 she was living in Elsecar near

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and in 1926 she designed a number of panels for an illustrated, limited edition book about Wilthamstow and Highham. In 1940 Puller had one work shown in a Royal Academy exhibition and appeared to be living in London at that time.

References

External links

Works by Puller in the Victoria & Albert Museum

Works held by the Imperial War Museum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Puller, Louisa 1884 births 1963 deaths 20th-century British painters 20th-century British women artists British war artists British women painters World War II artists