Leslie Charlotte Benenson
Leslie Charlotte Benenson, R.E. (13 January 1941 - 18 February 2018) was an English artist who worked in a variety of different mediums, including sculpture, oils, watercolours, ceramics and calligraphy.[1]
Life and work[]
Benenson was born in London, where she attended , before studying art at the Regent Street Polytechnic (1958–63) under and James Osborne. She was awarded a National Diploma in Design in 1962.[1]
In addition to her permanent studies, Benenson took private calligraphy tuition with Anthony Wood between 1963–64, after which she was elected a member to the Society of Scribes & Illuminators.[1]
After successfully exhibiting work at the Royal Academy from 1962, and at the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers from 1968, Benenson was elected to member status of the latter institution in 1978.[1] Additionally, Benenson was one of the founder members of the in 1979.[2]
She is exhibited widely, and her work can be found in many public and private collections, including the Towner Art Gallery, Ashmolean, Hereford Museum and the .[1]
Exhibitions[]
Solo[]
- 1971 - Rye Art Gallery
- 1971 - Michelham Priory
- 1975 - , Eastbourne
- 1976 - Michelham Priory
Group[]
- 1966 - Royal Academy, London
- 1967 - Royal Academy, London
- 1968 - Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers
- 1969 - Royal Academy, London
- 1970 - Royal Academy, London
- 1971 - Victoria & Albert Museum, London
- 1971 - Royal Academy, London
- 1972 - Royal Academy, London
- 1979 - Victoria & Albert Museum, London
- 1980 - Linz, Austria
- 1981 - Sint-Niklaas, Antwerp, Belgium
- 1981 - Biala Podlaska, Poland
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Who's Who in Art (Twentieth Edition, 1982)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-12. Retrieved 2008-09-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- 1941 births
- Living people
- 21st-century British women artists
- Alumni of the University of Westminster
- Artists from London
- British calligraphers
- English women painters
- Landscape artists
- Women calligraphers
- 21st-century English women
- 21st-century English people