May Louise Greville Cooksey (10 January 1878 – 1943) was a British painter of ecclesiastical subjects, figures and landscapes in the

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Biography

Cooksey was born in

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and studied at both the Leamington School of Art and at

Liverpool School of Art The John Lennon Art and Design Building (formerly the Art and Design Academy) in Liverpool, England, houses Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool John Moores University (abbreviated LJMU) is a public university, public research univers ...

. She then went on to study at the

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in London where she won silver and bronze medals for her work. A travelling scholarship allowed Cooksey to visit Italy. When she returned to London she took a teaching position at the South Kensington School. She exhibited on a regular basis at the

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and later in life lived at

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. Cooksey was a member of the

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