Constance Bradshaw

Bradshaw was born in Manchester but was raised in Brighton and at Bickley in Kent and studied at the Spenlove School of Art in London.^[1] After leaving art school Bradshaw returned to Bickley, where she spent most of the rest of her life, although she did travel extensively in Europe and Canada.^[2] She painted landscapes and flowers in watercolours and oils and created hand-painted prints.^[2] Between 1924 and 1945 Bradshaw was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy in London, with the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters.^[3] She also took part in exhibitions of the New English Art Club and at the Paris Salon, in Stockholm and also in New Zealand and Canada.^[3] Throughout her career, from 1899 to 1962, Bradshaw was active in the Society of Women Artists both as an exhibitor, showing a total of 170 works and serving as the society's Acting President, alongside Laura Knight, from 1937 to 1939.^[2][3] She was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1920, was an elected member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters from 1933 and was also a member of the St Ives Society of Artists.^[2][4] Salford Museum and Art Gallery holds examples of her paintings.^[2]

• 5 artworks by or after Constance Bradshaw at the Art UK site