Gladys Dawson

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Gladys Dawson
Born1909
Died1993 (aged 8384)
Alma mater Heatherley's School of Art
Known forPainting, illustration

Gladys Dawson, later Gladys Woodruff, (1909-1993) was a British artist known as a painter and illustrator of children's books. [1]

Biography

Dawson was born in Castleton in Rochdale and, after a private school education, she attended Heatherley's School of Art from 1936 to 1939. [2] [3] After graduation, Dawson worked as a commercial artist for a number of different clients. [4] She created fabric designs for both the Liberty department store in London and for the Courtaulds textile company, as well as greeting cards for Raphael Tuck & Sons and also book jackets. [4] As a painter Dawson produced watercolours of British historic buildings including castles and windmills and also of British birds and wildlife. [4] She had solo exhibitions at Colwyn Bay in 1947 and 1954, in Trinidad in 1954, in Kenya 1963 and at Bourne Hall in Epsom in 1974. [4] Dawson's work was also exhibited at the Royal Institution and the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. [4] She was elected an associate member of the Royal Cambrian Academy in 1943. [2] [5] Three years later she was elected a full member of the academy. [3] In 1952 she became a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. [2]

From the early 1950s, Dawson was active in the Society of Women Artists, being elected an associate member in 1953 and a full member in 1955. [3] She served as the Society's president from 1982 to 1985. [2]

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