Dorothy Annan
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20 January 1900
Dorothy Annan | |
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| Born | Dorothy Ward 20 January 1900 Pará, Brazil |
| Died | 28 June 1983 (aged 83) |
| Known for | Painting, Mural, Pottery |
| Movement | Modernism, Cubism |
Dorothy Annan (20 January 1900 – 28 June 1983) was an English painter, potter and muralist who was born in Brazil to British parents and was educated in France and Germany. Her works were frequently shown at the Leicester Galleries in London and she had her first solo show there in 1945.[1]
Born in 1900,[2] Annan exhibited with the Artists' International Association,[3] and once featured in an art show in an air-raid shelter beside work by Augustus John during World War II.[3] Annan also exhibited works at the Royal Academy, with the London Group and with the New English Art Club.[4] In 1949 she taught at the Bath College of Art.[4] Annan was married to sculptor Trevor Tennant (1900–80).[5] For a time they lived in a single-decker bus.[6] She died in 1983 at the Sue Ryder Home in Snettisham, Norfolk.[4]
Examples of Annan's paintings are held in many national collections and she is also known for her many mosaics and tile murals, several of which have been destroyed in recent decades. The largest single example, the Expanding Universe at the Bank of England, was destroyed in 1997.[3] Only three of her major public murals are believed to survive.[3]
