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| ⚫ | She studied at the [[Académie Julian]] in Paris under R T Mumford, and at the [[Heatherley School of Fine Art]] under Ian McNab. Bordass painted in St Ives during the later 1950s/early 1960s and took part in many group shows, including the important [[Metavisual Tachiste Abstract]] at The Redfern Gallery in 1957 and extensively abroad. Her solo shows include New Vision Centre Gallery, Woodstock Gallery, in the provinces and overseas. In 1958 she participated in the inaugural exhibition of the [[National Visual Arts Gallery (Malaysia)|National Gallery of Malaya]], Kuala Lumpa. |
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Bordass was born 19 November 1905 at 6 Neville Court, Abbey Road, [[St. John's Wood]], [[London]] NW8,<ref>England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007</ref><ref>''The Times'' 21 Nov 1905, p. 1</ref>and baptised 11 January 1906 at All Saints Church,<ref>London Metropolitan Archives P89/ALL1/65, p. 78</ref>the elder daughter of Reginald Wilson Foster and Alice Skinner his wife, the ward of William More Skinner, solicitor.<ref name="times24430">''The Times'' 24 April 1930, p. 1</ref><ref>London Metropolitan Archives P89/MRY1/269, p. 181</ref> |
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Bordass was made a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Painters]] in 1978 and was a Fellow of [[Free Painters and Sculptors]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fpshistory.blogspot.co.uk|title=The History of Free Painters and Sculptors by Roy Rasmussen|website=fpshistory.blogspot.co.uk|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref> |
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She married 22 April 1930 in London, to William Harrison Bordass.<ref name="times24430">''The Times'' 24 April 1930, p. 1</ref> |
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Bordass was made a fellow of the [[Royal Society of Painters]] in 1978. |
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Latest revision as of 06:20, 9 September 2022
Dorothy Bordass (née Foster, 1905 – 1992), was a British artist.[1]
She studied at the Académie Julian in Paris under R T Mumford, and at the Heatherley School of Fine Art under Ian McNab. Bordass painted in St Ives during the later 1950s/early 1960s and took part in many group shows, including the important Metavisual Tachiste Abstract at The Redfern Gallery in 1957 and extensively abroad. Her solo shows include New Vision Centre Gallery, Woodstock Gallery, in the provinces and overseas. In 1958 she participated in the inaugural exhibition of the National Gallery of Malaya, Kuala Lumpa.
Bordass was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painters in 1978 and was a Fellow of Free Painters and Sculptors.[2]
See also
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[edit]- ^ "Dorothy Bordass, Modern British Pictures". Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "The History of Free Painters and Sculptors by Roy Rasmussen". fpshistory.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
