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Mary Adshead (1904 - 1995)

Clown training a circus monkey and two horses, c. 1940

SKU: 5401

Gouache on grey paper, squared in pencil, 6 x 14 3/4 in. (15.2 x 37.5 cm.)

Presentation:
framed

Size:
Height – 15.2cm x Width – 37.5cm

DESCRIPTION

Provenance:
The Artist’s family This is possibly a design for the frieze of a children’s nursery. Along with Barbara Jones Adshead was the most signifcant woman muralist of her generation. Adshead trained at the Slade where, significantly, sh

Provenance: The Artist’s family

This is possibly a design for 
the frieze of a children’s nursery.  Along with Barbara Jones Adshead
was the most signifcant woman muralist of her generation.  Adshead
trained at the Slade where, significantly, she won joint first price
with Rex Whislter in 1924.
They both went on to work on their own murals at the Highways boys club
in Shadwell.  Adshead was subsequently preoccupied with commissions for
murals throughout her whole career.

 

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THE ARTIST

Mary Adshead
Mary
Adshead
1904 - 1995

Mary Adshead studied at the Slade School of Fine Art (1920’24)
under Henry Tonks (1862’1937), who in 1924 selected her for a
mural commission at Highways boys’ club in Shadwell, working
with Rex Whistler (1905’1944). 

She became a prominent muralist, creating decorations for
both public and private spaces, including the British Pavilion at
the 1937 Paris International Exhibition. She also illustrated several
books, such as The Little Boy and His House by Stephen Bone
(1904’1958) (whom she married in 1929), and made designs for
London Transport and the Post Office. 

As a noteworthy female artist, Adshead exhibited frequently
at the WIAC from the mid ‘1930s, before serving on their
committee in 1951. Working at a time when expectations of
women were still largely confined to issues of domesticity, her
prodigious professional output was noteworthy. Her approach to
mural painting ‘ especially in her choice of subjects and her colourful
palette ‘ challenged the perceived divisions which determined that
public and private spaces should necessarily be treated differently. She
was the subject of a retrospective at Liverpool Art Gallery in 2005.

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