Edna Ginesi

Edna Ginesi
Edna Ginesi c.1926-7
Born 1902 (1902)
Leeds, United Kingdom
Died 2000 (aged 9798)
Nationality British
Education Leeds College of Art, Royal College of Art
Known for Painting
Spouse(s) Raymond Coxon

Edna Ginesi (1902–2000) was a British artist of distant Italian ancestry.[1]

Ginesi was born in Leeds and studied at the Leeds College of Art and then the Royal College of Art. In 1924 she won a travelling scholarship and visited France, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands.[2] From 1929 she exhibited with the London Group and in 1933 became a member. Her first solo exhibition was in 1932 at the Zwemmer Gallery. In 1930 she became a member of the Twenties Group, founded by Lucy Wertheim.[3]

References

  1. Parkin, Michael (18 February 1997). "Obituary: Raymond Coxon". The Independent. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
  2. Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 106 6.
  3. Chris Stephens, "Edna Ginesi", Tate, 1998
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