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1118 x 864cm 44 x 34in Provenance. Anna Airy was a painter of figure subjects portraits and still life.

Airy Anna 1882 1964 Mrs Monica Burnand Portrait Female Artists Portrait Gallery

She married Geoffrey Buckingham Pocock an artist in his own right.

Anna airy paintings. Watercolour 13¾ x 13¾in. In this painting Anna Airy masterfully depicts the creation of weaponry that can kill thousands of people. Painter draughtsman and printmaker born in London married to the painter Geoffrey Buckingham Pocock.

We hardly know of another artist whose handling of that difficult medium is so instinctive. Anna Airy RI ROI RP RE PS GI 1882-1964 The Boat-Train Signed inscribed verso pencil and watercolour 355cm by 345cm Exhibited at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours no. Although a well-respected and successful female artist of her generation the Munitions Sub-Committee of the Imperial War Museum which commissioned Airy imposed strict terms on her contract of employment.

In June 1918 she was commissioned by the Armory Board to paint four paintings for the Imperial War Museum. A contemporary of artist William Orpen Anna Airy trained at the Slade School of Art. View Anna Airys artworks on artnet.

Learn about the artist and find an in-depth biography exhibitions original artworks the latest news and sold auction prices. The following 5 files are in this category out of 5 total. A blog on my love of Victorian and Edwardian paintings.

Miss Anna Airy. Forging the Jacket of an 18-inch Gun- Armstrong-whitworth Works Openshaw 1918 ArtIWMART2272jpg 6059 5205. 2 Sold in Christies sale of Women Artists Through the Centuries 1 December 1994 sale 1459 Lot 11.

After her death forty of her paintings were sold at the Haste Gallery Ipswich but the whereabouts of the balance of her collection is not known. An extremely versatile artist she worked in a wide range of media including oil watercolour and pastel and was also an accomplished etcher. Oil Paintings and Watercolours.

Anna Airy 18821964 Painter draughtsman and printmaker born in London married to the painter Geoffrey Buckingham Pocock. Käthe Kollwitz Woman with a Dead Son 1903. This piece was a particular challenge for Airy who had to work with great speed to.

Born in London she studied at the Slade School of Art from 1899. Lately she has turned to etching and some exquisite plates in the manner of the fine tinted drawing. It is mainly compiled using old auction catalogues with help from the many reference books I own.

These were to depict the production of ammunition at an important stage in the First World War when the tactical use of heavy weapons became essential to the. Please note over 70000 painters of this period many very obscure have been identified and this blog concentrates on those that have come up for auction in the last ten years or so. Studied at Slade School of Fine Art 18991903 under Henry Tonks Fred Brown and Philip Wilson Steer.

Is an artist of exceptional interest. See object record Shop for Machining 15-inch Shells by Anna Airy. Anna Airy Shop for Machining 1918.

View Anna Airys artworks on artnet. Learn about the artist and find an in-depth biography exhibitions original artworks the latest news and sold auction prices. Moreover the author shows that woman can be forced to take part in war even though they do nothing to provoke military conflicts.

348 x 348cm. Anna Airy was commissioned to produce four paintings depicting munitions production and here we see the women producing 15 inch shells for battleships. Artworks The crow scarer SAVE ARTWORK FOLLOW ARTIST.

She won the Melville Nettleship Prize several times the Slade Scholarship and all first prizes that could be won. She won the Melville Nettleship Prize several times the Slade Scholarship and all first prizes that could be won. She was one of the first women war artists employed by the newly founded Imperial War Museum in 1918.

18 Jun Article A man of great sensibility. Anna Airy was one of the first women to be appointed as an official war painter. Studied at Slade School of Fine Art 18991903 under Henry Tonks Fred Brown and Philip Wilson Steer.

A student of Henry Tonks and Phillip Wilson Steer at the Slade School of Art in London between 1899 and 1903 Anna Airy was a gifted and prolific artist adept in a variety of media and techniques including oil watercolour and etching. English painter and etcher 1882-1964 Upload media. Feb 15 2015 - Explore Lisa Sims Artists board Anna Airy followed by 617 people on Pinterest.

Media in category Paintings of World War I by Anna Airy. In addition to her considerable reputation as a painter she is pre-eminent as a pastellist. Oil on canvas Painting.

See more ideas about airy anna female artists. Anna died at Playford on 23 October 1964 without issue her only surviving relative being her cousin Colonel Airy of Gloucester. The collection of Francis Gross.

Anna Airy Pigeons feeding on a Pavement signed upper left A Airy.

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