Gladys Kathleen Bell

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

Gladys Kathleen Bell
Born
Gladys Kathleen Farrar

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

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. David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
  2. 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.
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