Violet Banks
Violet Banks | |
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Born | 3 March 1896 |
Died | 1896 (aged -90–-89) |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Edinburgh College of Art |
Known for | Painting, pottery |
Violet Banks (3 March 1896 – 1985) was a Scottish artist who painted in oils and watercolours and also decorated pottery.[1]
Biography[]
Banks was born in Kinghorn in Fife and studied at the Edinburgh College of Art.[2] She lived in Kirkcaldy for a time before returning to Edinburgh in 1928 to take the post of art mistress at St Ornan's School.[3][4] She painted figure subjects and interiors in both oil and watercolour and was highly regarded as a pottery decorator.[4] Banks was a regular exhibitor with the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, the Scottish Society of Women Artists and the Society of Scottish Artists.[2][4][3] Examples of works by Banks are held in the national art collection of Scotland.[5]
References[]
- ^ Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 1 A-Bedeschini. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2 7000 3070 2.
- ^ a b Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
- ^ a b Paul Harris & Julian Halsby (1990). The Dictionary of Scottish Painters 1600 to the Present. Canongate. ISBN 1 84195 150 1.
- ^ a b c Peter J.M. McEwan (1994). The Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 134 1.
- ^ "Artwoeks Artist: Violet Banks, I Violet". National Galleries Scotland. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
Categories:
- 1896 births
- 1985 deaths
- 20th-century British women artists
- 20th-century Scottish painters
- Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art
- People from Kinghorn
- Scottish women painters
- 20th-century Scottish women