Gladys Kathleen Bell

Gladys Kathleen Bell
Born
Gladys Kathleen Farrar

1882
Died1965 (aged 82–83)
Haddenham, Buckinghamshire
NationalityBritish
Known forMiniature painting
SpouseReginald Bell

Gladys Kathleen Madge Bell née Farrar (1882–1965) was a British artist and miniature painter.[1]

Biography

Bell studied at the Cope and Nichols' School of Art at Kensington in London.[2] From 1910 Bell exhibited at the Royal Academy some 28 times, mostly miniatures and portraits.[3] She also exhibited at the Paris Salon, at the Liverpool Academy of Arts and with the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, RMS.[2] Bell was elected a full member of the RMS in 1927.[1] A miniature by Bell was commissioned for Queen Mary's Dolls' House and is now in the Royal Collection.[4]

She was married to the stained glass artist Reginald Bell and the couple lived at Hampstead in London and later, at Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire.[1] Their son Michael Charles Farrar Bell also became an artist.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
  2. ^ a b Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
  3. ^ Brian Stewart; Mervyn Cutten (1997). The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-173-2.
  4. ^ "Women in 1920's style dress c.1923". Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 18 September 2018.