Barbara Banister
Barbara Banister | |
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Born | 1895 Epsom, England |
Died | 1984 (aged 88–89) Uckfield, Surrey |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Royal College of Art |
Occupation | Jewellry designer, painter, silversmith |
Barbara Gillian Banister (1895–1984) was a British jewellery designer, silversmith and painter.
Biography[]
Banister was born in Epsom to Annie Rita Barrow and Frederick Banister, an architect.[1] After attending Worcester Park School at Westgate-on-Sea in Kent, Banister took private art lessions before entering the Royal College of Art.[1] After a period working for the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty Banister returned to her art, both as a silversmith making decorative jewellery and as a painter.[1] She was commissioned to paint a portrait of the jockey Lester Piggott winning the 1954 Derby on Never Say Die.[2] Banister had a solo exhibition at Fletching in Sussex during 1958.[2] She exhibited with the Society of Women Artists and in arts and crafts fairs, the British Industries Fair and won a gold medal at the Home Arts and Industries Association exhibition. [1] The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths holds examples of her work in their art collection at Goldsmiths' Hall in London.[2] She died at Uckfield in Sussex.[1]
References[]
- 1895 births
- 1984 deaths
- 20th-century British women artists
- Alumni of the Royal College of Art
- British jewellery designers
- English women painters
- People from Epsom
- Women silversmiths
- 20th-century English women
- 20th-century English people