Sylvia Molloy

Sylvia Clark Molloy
Born Sylvia Clark Leyden
1914 (1914)
South Shields, United Kingdom
Died 2008 (aged 93–94)
Nationality British
Education Durham University
Known for Painting
Spouse(s)
Patrick R.H. Molloy (m. 1940)

Sylvia Clark Molloy (1914–2008)[1], born Sylvia Clark Leyden, was a British Realist and Impressionist artist[2] and teacher.

Biography

Leyden was born in 1914 in South Shields, United Kingdom.[3]

A graduate of Durham University, she lived abroad for much of her life.

In 1940 she traveled to Maymyo, Burma, to marry Patrick R. H. Molloy of the Burma Civil Service. She was evacuated from Burma in 1942 after the Japanese Invasion in World War II.[3]

After time spent in Simla, India, Lahore, Pakistan and the United Kingdom, the Malloys settled in South Africa in 1947. In Johannesburg, Molloy ran an art school.[3] She disregarded the country's apartheid laws by teaching black students at her studio.[1]

During the 1940s Malloy's reputation as a portrait painter grew.[3]

The Malloys returned to England in the mid-1960s.[3] Her many paintings and sketches of the peoples of South Africa and Burma in particular, capture a broad cross section of society. Some can be viewed at the British Library (India Office Collections).

In later life she taught at Stratton School, Biggleswade, before becoming Head of Art at St Francis College, Letchworth Garden City. Her work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Paris Salon. She wrote of her experiences in Burma in Burma Bride (Able 1996)

References

  1. 1 2 "Sylvia Clark Molloy (British, b.1914)". Bonhams. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Sylvia Molloy, "Street Scene" oil painting". Live Auctioneers. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Molloy, Sylvia". British Library Archives. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
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