Wendy Pasmore

Wendy Lloyd Pasmore, née Blood (9 October 1915 – 2015) was a British artist.

Early life

Pasmore was born in Dublin on 9 October 1915,[1] and is a descendant of George Blood (1762-1844), the younger brother of Frances "Fanny" Blood (1753-1785), who was the closest friend of Mary Wollstonecraft, after whom she named her daughter, Fanny Imlay. She studied at the Chelmsford School of Art.[2]

Career

In 1955 she was a member of the Women's International Art Club. She exhibited with the London Group from 1956, and became a member in 1958.[1] Pasmore had a retrospective exhibition at the Molton and Lords Galleries in 1963.[1] Her work is in the permanent collection of the Tate Gallery.[2]

Personal life

In 1940 she married the artist and architect Victor Pasmore (1908-1998).[1] They had two children, a son and a daughter.[3] Pasmore died in 2015.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Tate: Wendy Pasmore | Tate, accessdate: 22/08/2014
  2. 1 2 Foster, Alicia (2004). Tate women artists. London: Tate. p. 258. ISBN 9781854373113.
  3. ↑ bookroomartpress.co.uk: Pasmore, Victor Biography, accessdate: 22/08/2014
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