Catherine Grubb

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Catherine Grubb
Born1945 (age 7778) [1]
NationalityBritish
Alma mater Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh [3] [4] [2]

Catherine Grubb (born 1945) is a British artist. [1]

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Biography

Grubb was born in Bellshill in Lanarkshire; her parents were Scottish and Lithuanian. [2] She lived in London as a child. Grubb studied at Edinburgh College of Art and the University of Edinburgh. [3] [4] She researched mediaeval artists' sketchbooks. [2]

She works in both printmaking (etching) and painting. [3] [4]

She has also taught at schools and at Harrow School of Art. [4] [2]

Grubb has had links to Cornwall since 1982, and now lives in Truro. [4] She has designed costumes for The Questors Theatre. [2] [5] [6]

Her work is held in the Government Art Collection and in the art collection of the University of Stirling. [3]

Exhibitions

Exhibitions of her work have included:

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References

  1. 1 2 "Catherine Grubb". Government Art Collection. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Etchings and Drawings by Catherine Grubb" (PDF). The Questors Archives. The Questors Theatre. 1993. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Catherine Grubb". Art Collection. University of Stirling. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Catherine GRUBB". Cornwall Artists. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  5. "FOUR COMEDIES". The Questors Archives. The Questors Theatre. 1978. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  6. "Aladdin" (PDF). The Questors Archives. The Questors Theatre. 1981. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  7. "A 'professional' show". Middlesex County Times. 12 May 1972. Retrieved 22 December 2020. Impressive is "Judgement", a nicely-executed etching of a group of figures, by Catherine Grubb.
  8. "Our Man at the Ikon". Lichfield Times. 18 January 1974. Retrieved 22 December 2020. At the Bull's Eye at the moment are paintings, etchings, screenprints by ... Catherine Grubb."
  9. "Exhibitions". Liverpool Echo. 3 December 1976. Retrieved 22 December 2020. Christmas Exhibitions by Catherine Grubb [and others]
  10. Riley, Joe (3 December 1976). "All-female Christmas display". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 22 December 2020. Catherine Grubb's prints deal with basic colour designs forged on a grand scale round surrealic, dream-like images.
  11. "Exhibitions". Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush Gazette. 28 June 1985. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  12. "Display: Etchings by Catherine Grubb". Pinner Observer. 6 April 1989. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  13. "Single Colour Theme". Middlesex Chronicle. 31 May 1990. Retrieved 22 December 2020. Romantic Italian landscapes by Ealing-based Catherine Grubb form the basis of the New Richmond Gallery's first ever one-woman show. Her distinctive style of using only one colour per picture has brought her great success in recent years. There is an overwhelming medieval flavour to this exhibition, most noticeable in her landscapes.