Valerie Thornton

Valerie Thornton (1931–1991)[1] was a British etcher and printmaker.

Valerie Thornton
Born1931 (1931)
London, England
Died1991 (aged 59–60)
Chelsworth, England
NationalityBritish
EducationByam Shaw School of Art, Regent Street Polytechnic,
Known forPrintmaking

Biography

She was born in London, but evacuated to Canada with her two brothers during World War II. She returned to London in 1944 and went on to study at the Byam Shaw School of Art in 1949. From 1950 to 1953 Thornton studied under P.F. Millard at the Regent Street Polytechnic, then spent eight months at Atelier 17 in Paris.[2] In the early 1960s she moved to New York and worked at Pratt Graphic Art Center. In 1955, she succeeded Howard Hodgkin as assistant art teacher at Charterhouse School and in 1965 she became a founding member of the Print Makers Council. In 1970 she became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painters-Etchers and Engravers.[3]

Thornton's work is included in a number of major public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum, the Tate and others. Thornton died in 1991 in Chelsworth, Suffolk.

References
  1. "Valerie Thornton". Blondes Fine Art. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  2. "VALERIE THORNTON RA". www.redfern-gallery.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
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