Английская Википедия:Edna Ginesi
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox artist Edna "Gin" Ginesi (15 February 1902 – 17 July 2000) was a British painter, specialising in landscapes and nature studies. Born in Leeds, she was a contemporary of the sculptors Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. She studied at the Royal College of Art, and lived for most of her adult life in London. As well as working as an artist, Ginesi taught at Bradford School of Art and Chelsea School of Art.
Early life and education
Ginesi was born in Leeds in 1902, and was of Italian descent.Шаблон:Sfn She studied at Leeds School of Art from 1920, before going to the Royal College of Art where she studied painting from 1921 to 1925.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn At the RCA, she was part of the "Leeds Table", along with her future husband Raymond Coxon, sculptors Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth, and the painter Vivian Pitchforth; at this time she also studied informally with Leon Underwood. In 1924, Ginesi was awarded a West Riding Travelling Scholarship, which enabled her to visit the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, and France.Шаблон:Sfn
Career
After graduating from the Royal College, Ginesi taught for a year at Bradford School of Art, before settling in Hammersmith with her husband, Raymond Coxon, whom she married in 1926.Шаблон:Sfn In 1927, she formed the British Independent Society with Coxon, Moore, and Underwood.Шаблон:Sfn She exhibited with the London Group – of which she was later a member – in 1928, and had her first solo exhibition in 1932 at the Zwemmer Gallery. She was also a member of the "Twenties Group" founded by Lucy Wertheim. In the 1930s, she taught at Chelsea School of Art and designed sets for the Camargo Ballet.Шаблон:Sfn During the Second World War, Ginesi worked as an ambulance driver, and, with Coxon, taught painting in Guildford.Шаблон:Sfn A retrospective of Ginesi's work was exhibited in 1956 in Cartwright Hall, Bradford.Шаблон:Sfn In 1985, she exhibited along with Raymond Coxon at the Michael Parkin Gallery in London.Шаблон:Sfn She also exhibited work at the Royal Academy and in America.Шаблон:Sfn
Ginesi's paintings were generally representational, with her style becoming more abstract from the 1960s onward. She mostly worked on landscapes and nature studies.Шаблон:Sfn
Personal life
In 1922, Ginesi became engaged to the painter Raymond Coxon, who she had met at Leeds School of Art;Шаблон:Sfn she married him in 1926.Шаблон:Sfn The sculptor Henry Moore was best man at their wedding, and gave the couple his Head of a Virgin (1922) as a wedding present.Шаблон:Sfn Coxon and Ginesi lived in Hammersmith, London, over 60 years; from 1938 they also owned a studio in Sussex.Шаблон:Sfn
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