Bernard Adeney | |
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| Born | (1878-08-02)2 August 1878 London, England |
| Died | 4 April 1966(1966-04-04) (aged 87) |
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| Known for | Painting and textile design |
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Bernard Adeney (2 August 1878 – 4 April 1966) was an English painter andtextile designer. He was a founding member of theLondon Group, an artists' exhibiting society, and was its president from 1921 to 1923. Between 1930 and 1947, he was head of the textile school at theCentral Saint Martins College of Art and Design, where he had taught since 1903.[1] One of his most notable works is the paintingToy Sailing Boats (1911), which formed part of a seven-piece collection of panels painted forBorough Polytechnic under the direction ofRoger Fry.[2] Other works includeEdge of a Wood,[3]Barley Fields,[4]West Wittering,[5]Pond and Trees,Farm Buildings andThe Parade, Cowes.[6]
Adeney was born on 2 August 1878 in London, the son of Canon W. F. Adeney. He started his art training inSt John's Wood Art School when only nine years old,[7] He then studied at theRoyal Academy, theAcadémie Julian in Paris and later theSlade School of Fine Art.[1] He married the painterThérèse Lessore in 1909 and they were divorced in 1921.[8] He subsequently married fellow painterNoël Gilford.[1]
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