Ina Maud Sheldon-Williams

Ina Maud Sheldon-Williams nee Thomson (1876–1956) was a British artist, known for her travel and landscape paintings.[1]

Ina Maud Sheldon-Williams
Born
Ina Maud Thomson

(1876-01-21)January 21, 1876
Ardrishaig, Argyll, Scotland
DiedNovember 25, 1955(1955-11-25) (aged 79)
Alma materSlade School of Fine Art
Known forPainting
SpouseInglis Sheldon-Williams (1870–1940)

Biography

Ina Sheldon-Williams was born in Ardrishaig, Argyll, in Scotland.[1] She studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London from 1895 to 1898 and also studied in Paris.[2] She was widely travelled both throughout her life, in Britain, Italy and India.[2][3][4]

Ina Maud Thomson married Inglis Sheldon-Williams (1870-1940) in 1904 and they resided in England for the following decade.[3] Inglis Sheldon-Williams was also an artist and a military figure, who had once studied with Thomas Brock before enrolling at the Slade. He was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War and the 1904 Russo-Japanese War.[2] During the First World War he worked as a war artist for the Canadian forces in France.[2]

In 1926, Sheldon-Williams exhibited a painting of the Italian and French Alps alongside her husband's war drawings at Messrs. W. J. Walter's New Gallery.[5] Sheldon-Williams presented studies of an Indian figure for an exhibition in 1935.[6] Established by Kenneth Clark in the early 1940s, Sheldon-Williams contributed to the Recording Britain scheme during the Second World War.[7] She exhibited paintings on a regular basis in group and solo shows at the Royal Academy in London, with the New English Art Club, the Fine Art Society and at Walker's Galleries, the Kensington Gallery and elsewhere.[2] In July 2012, Sheldon-Williams' work was exhibited alongside work by Elisabeth Frink at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery.[8]

Sheldon-Williams had two daughters, Eve and Christina.[9] Sheldon-Williams' daughter Eve was an artist and lecturer.[10] Her granddaughter, Fran Hickox, is also an artist.[11]

Works in public collections

Ina Sheldon-Williams' work is held in public collections in both the United Kingdom and Canada.

Title Year Medium Gallery no. Gallery Location
Cactus Flowers c.1949–1950 oil on canvas F2045 Derbyshire & Derby School Library Service England
Inglis Sheldon-Williams Painting Ina's Portrait 1919 pencil on paper PC83.1.50 Dunlop Art Gallery Saskatchewan, Canada
Girl Reading - pencil on paper PC83.1.49 Dunlop Art Gallery Saskatchewan, Canada
Keats House, Hampstead ca.1940 pencil and watercolour on paper E.1860-1949 Victoria and Albert Museum London, England
Oxen Ploughing, the Cuckmere c.1904 oil on canvas HASMG:939.6 Hastings Museum and Art Gallery Hastings, England
Study for Dog in Mons Picture - pencil on paper PC83.1.51 Dunlop Art Gallery Saskatchewan, Canada
Sussex Oxen and Hayricks c.1904 oil on canvas HASMG:973.107 Hastings Museum and Art Gallery Hastings, England

References
  1. "SHELDON-WILLIAMS Ina 1876-1956 | Artist Biographies". www.artbiogs.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  2. David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 2, M to Z. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
  3. "Bonhams: Ina Maud (Thompson) Sheldon-Williams (British, 1876-1956) Inglis Sheldon-Williams, the artist's husband, at his studio easel 27 1/4 x 21 1/4in (70 x 54cm)". www.bonhams.com. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  4. Christina Patterson (5 July 2004). "Arts: Women in search of adventure; In three centuries of wandering the globe, women travellers have endured all manner of hardship. Now the National Portrait Gallery is celebrating these early pioneers". The Independent. ProQuest 310667186. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  5. "EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS". Kent & Sussex Courier. 1 October 1926. p. 10. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  6. "What They Tell Me". Gloucestershire Echo. 27 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  7. "Keats House, Hampstead | Williams, Ina Sheldon | V&A Search the Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  8. "Visual Arts Reviews". www.buxtonfringe.org.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  9. "The Glenbow Museum > Archives Main Catalogue Search Results". ww2.glenbow.org. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  10. "SHELDON-WILLIAMS Eve 1916-2001 | Artist Biographies". www.artbiogs.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  11. "Artist Fran Hickox to sell art collection at the Dundas Gallery in Edinburgh". Scottish Field. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
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