Daisy Radcliffe Beresford
Daisy Radcliffe Beresford | |
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| Born | 1879 Dalston, London. |
| Died | 1940 |
| Education | Heatherley School of Fine Art Royal Academy Schools |
| Known for | portraits, landscapes and interiors |
| Spouse | Frank Beresford (m. 1910) |
Daisy Radcliffe Beresford (née Clague, c. 1879–10 November 1939) was a British painter and decorative artist who was known for her portraits, landscapes and interiors.[1]
Life
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Beresford was born in 1879 in Dalston, London. She married the painter Frank Beresford (1881–1967) in 1910 and they had two daughters.[3] Their daughters both followed their parents into careers in art.
Beresford was educated at the Heatherley School of Fine Art and at the Royal Academy Schools,[4] where she won 3 silver and 2 bronze medals.[5] Fellow students in her cohort included Vanessa Bell, Ethel Everett, Margery Snowdon and Sylvia Whitman.[6] She obtained the Art Class Teacher's Certificate at the age of 13 and her Art Mistress' Certificate at age 16.[5]
Beresford was a member of the New Society of Artists, from its formation in 1921.[7] She showed 12 paintings at the Royal Academy and one at the Society of Women Artists Exhibitors.[8]
Some of her works are held in the collections of the Chris Beetles Gallery,[3] Musée d'Orsay[9] and Victoria and Albert Museum, whilst other pieces are on display at municipal institutions such as the Guildhall Art Gallery and Tenterden Town Hall, Kent.[7]
She died in 1939.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Waters, Grant M. (1975). The Dictionary of British Artists: Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art. p. 30.
- ^ "Reverend Joseph Robert Diggle (1849–1917), Mayor of Tenterden (1895–1896 & 1901–1902) | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Daisy Radcliffe Beresford (1879-1939)". Chris Beetles Gallery. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ "BERESFORD Daisy Radcliffe 1879-1939". Artist Biographies. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ a b Johnson, J.; Gruetzner, A. (1976), The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940, The Lutterworth Press, p. 55, doi:10.2307/j.ctt1cgdwwm.9.
- ^ Hitchmough, Wendy (11 March 2025). Vanessa Bell: The Life and Art of a Bloomsbury Radical. Yale University Press. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-300-26921-5.
- ^ a b "Beresford, Daisy Radcliffe, 1879–1939". Art UK. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ Laperriere, Charles Baile de (1996). The Society of Women Artists Exhibitors 1855-1996: A-D. Hilmarton Manor Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-904722-26-0.
- ^ "Daisy Radcliffe Beresford (117877)". Musée d'Orsay. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ The Year's Art. 1940. p. 259.
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