Gladys Hynes
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Gladys Hynes (1888 – 1958) was an Irish painter, sculptor and illustrator.
Hynes was born in 1888. She was the daughter of Harry Hynes and Eileen Power,[1] both Irish Catholics, she was born in Indore, India and came to London with her family when she was three. Hynes studied with Frank Brangwyn at the London School of Art in Earl's Court. From 1906 to 1907, her family was living in Penzance, Cornwall and she studied with Stanhope and Elizabeth Forbes at their school in Newlyn. She settled in Hampstead in 1919.[2]
Hynes contributed to the Omega Workshops. She portrayed her friend Ezra Pound in her painting Escalator; she also produced the illustrations for Pound's The Cantos. Hynes exhibited with the Royal Academy of Arts. The London Group, the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, the Paris Salon and the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. Her work was included in a group exhibition at Hartnoll & Eyre in 1972.[2] Her work Crucifixion (1939) now in the Royal Air Force Museum London, created in memory of her younger brother killed during World War I, is the only painting of hers in a British public institution.[3]
Hynes represented Great Britain at the 1924 Venice Biennale.[3] She won numerous awards.[3]
Harold Knight portrayed her in his 1933 painting On the Balcony; he also painted a portrait which he showed at the Royal Academy in 1920.[4] She was also painted by Cedric Morris.[5]
Hynes joined the Catholic Women’s Suffrage Society.[6] She was a strong supporter of Irish independence and also campaigned for women's rights.[5][1]
Ancestry.com records the death of Gladys Margaret Jermyn Hynes on 20 November 1958 at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, Middlesex, England.
In 2026, a major exhibition on Hynes was presented at Charleston in Lewes.[3]
References
- 1 2 "My family's link to the 1916 Easter Rising". The Guardian. 27 March 2016.
- 1 2 Windsor, Alan (2017). British Sculptors of the Twentieth Century. pp. 399–400. ISBN 978-1351771306.
- 1 2 3 4 Childs, Claudia Barbieri (29 April 2026). "Who is Gladys Hynes? Show reinstates forgotten artist who once represented Britain at the Venice Biennale". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
- ↑ "On The Balcony". The Estate Dame Laura Knight.
- 1 2 "Gladys Hynes". Liss Llewellyn Fine Art.
- ↑ "Morning - RAW". 11 January 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
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