Daisy Radcliffe Beresford

Beresford was born in 1879 in Dalston, London. She married the painter Frank Beresford (1881–1967) in 1910 and they had two daughters.^[3] Their daughters both followed their parents into careers in art.

Beresford was educated at the Heatherley School of Fine Art and at the Royal Academy Schools,^[4] where she won 3 silver and 2 bronze medals.^[5] Fellow students in her cohort included Vanessa Bell, Ethel Everett, Margery Snowdon and Sylvia Whitman.^[6] She obtained the Art Class Teacher's Certificate at the age of 13 and her Art Mistress' Certificate at age 16.^[5]

Beresford was a member of the New Society of Artists, from its formation in 1921.^[7] She later showed 12 paintings at the Royal Academy and one at the Society of Women Artists Exhibitors.^[8]

Some of Beresford's works are held in the collections of the Chris Beetles Gallery,^[3] Musée d'Orsay^[9] and Victoria and Albert Museum, whilst other pieces are on display at municipal institutions such as the Guildhall Art Gallery and Tenterden Town Hall, Kent.^[7]

Beresford died in 1939.^[10]