Jane Dowling

Jane Dowling
Born6 December 1925 Edit this on Wikidata
Died6 February 2023
OccupationPainter Edit this on Wikidata

Irene Mary Dowling[1] (6 December 1925 – 6 February 2023), better known as Jane Dowling, was a British artist.

Biography

Dowling was born in London and while studying for a degree at St Anne's College, Oxford between 1943 and 1946, he also studied at the Slade School of Fine Art.[2] Between 1946 and 1963 she took further courses at the Ruskin School of Art, the Byam Shaw School of Art and the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London.[2] Dowling went on to teach at the Byam Shaw School, Maidstone School of Art and at the Royal Academy Schools.[3] Beginning in 1961 she became a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy, including at the 2019 Summer Exhibition, and from 1974 onwards she had a series of solo shows at the New Grafton Gallery in London and also exhibited with the New English Art Club.[2][3][4] During 1984 and 1985, Dowling and her husband, the portrait painter Peter Greenham (1909–1992) had a joint touring exhibition.[3][5] A retrospective exhibition of her work was held at the Mompesson House in Salisbury in 1992 and further solo shows followed, notably at the Chappel Galleries in 2002.[3]

Dowling was elected a member of the Art Workers' Guild in 1980, became an honorary member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1997 and a member of the Society of Tempera Painters in 1999.[3] Dowling completed a number of commissions for the National Trust and also one for the Oxford Oratory Church.[3] Several Oxford hospitals, plus the town's Ashmolean Museum and also Southampton Art Gallery hold examples of her work.[3]

Dowling died on 6 February 2023, at the age of 97.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Peter Greenham – Keeper of the Royal Academy". The Streatham Society. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2022.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ a b c Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
  4. ^ "Jane Dowling - 945 - After Delacroix". Royal Academy. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  5. ^ Bernard Dunstan (13 July 1992). "Obituary: Peter Greenham". The Independent. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Jane Greenham (née Dowling)". The Telegraph. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.