Brynhild Parker

Margaret Brynhild Parker (1907–1987) was a British illustrator and painter, and part of the East London Group.[1] She signed herself Brynhild Parker.[2]

Brynhild Parker
Born
Margaret Brynhild Parker

1907
Died1987 (aged 79–80)
NationalityBritish
Occupation

She studied at the Slade School of Art from 1925 to 1928.[2]

As well as painting, she illustrated books and designed advertising posters for Shell.[3]

She moved to France in the 1940s, which influenced her style of painting, and spent the last years of her life in Antibes.[2] She died in 1987.[1]

Her painting The Entrance to the Port was exhibited at the Lefevre Gallery in 1938.[4] Her works are in a number of collections, including those of Beecroft Art Gallery, Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery, Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, Manchester Art Gallery and the Ulster Museum.[1] Shell posters using her designs are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City,[5] and the Victoria and Albert Museum.[6]

Works illustrated
  • Thomson, Margaret R. (1925). Threads in the Web of Life.
  • Thomson, Margaret R. (1941). Pond and River Life.
  • Noble, Ernest (1945). Larry Goes Exploring. George Lapworth & Co.
  • Noble, Ernest (1947). Larry And Dennis Get Into Mischief. George Lapworth & Co.

References
  1. Paintings by or after Brynhild Parker at the Art UK site
  2. "Margaret Brynhild Parker The Evening news". Sotheby's. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  3. Buckman, David (2012). From Bow to Biennale: Artists of the East London Group. Francis Boutle Publishers. p. 144. ISBN 9781903427682.
  4. "From Bow to Biennale - Artists of the East London Group". Abbott and Holder. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  5. "Brynhild Parker. The Quay, Appledore. Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure of Shell. 1932". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  6. "Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure of Shell". Retrieved 18 March 2017.
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