Grace English

English was born in London and as a teenager spent time in Paris and Germany.^[1] In Germany she met I. A. R. Wylie and produced illustrations for her book on the Black Forest.^[1] Returning to London in 1912 she studied at the Slade School of Art in the city until 1914.^[2] At the Slade she won a painting prize.^[3] During World War I, English worked in a munitions factory and also produced machine drawings.^[1] After the war she studied etching at the Royal College of Art during 1921.^[3] Throughout her career English painted portraits, flowers and ballet dancers.^[1] Her work was shown by the New Society of Artists and she was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy and at the New English Art Club and with the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.^[2] Leeds City Art Gallery holds examples of her work.^[3]

• 2 artworks by or after Grace English at the Art UK site