Wendy Pasmore

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Wendy Lloyd Pasmore, née Blood (9 October 1915 – 2015) was a British artist.

Early life[]

Pasmore was born in Dublin on 9 October 1915,[1] and is a descendant of George Blood (1762–1844), the younger brother of Frances "Fanny" Blood (1753–1785), who was the closest friend of Mary Wollstonecraft, after whom she named her daughter, Fanny Imlay. She studied at the Chelmsford School of Art.[2]

Career[]

In 1955 she was a member of the Women's International Art Club. She exhibited with the London Group from 1956, and became a member in 1958.[1] Pasmore had a retrospective exhibition at the Molton and Lords Galleries in 1963.[1] Her work is in the collection of Tate.[2]

Personal life[]

In 1940 she married the artist and architect Victor Pasmore (1908–1998).[1][3] They had two children, a son and a daughter.[4] Pasmore died in 2015.[1][3]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Wendy Pasmore". Tate. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Foster, Alicia (2004). Tate Women Artists. London: Tate. p. 258. ISBN 9781854373113.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Mulcahy, Allan (9 May 2017). "A place in the sun". RIBA Journal. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Pasmore, Victor Biography". The Bookroom Art Press. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
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