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She studied as an illuminator under [[Alberto Sangorski]], 1920-24<ref name="ekay">Kay, Ernest, The World Who's Who of Women (1975), p. 100</ref>From 1924 to 1926 she studied at the Harrow School of Art and Académe Julian in Paris under R T Mumford,<ref name="ekay">Kay, Ernest, The World Who's Who of Women (1975), p. 100</ref> and at Heatherley's 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. By 1975 she had held 17 one-man exhibitions in the USA and UK.<ref name="ekay">Kay, Ernest, The World Who's Who of Women (1975), p. 100</ref> |
She studied as an illuminator under [[Alberto Sangorski]], 1920-24<ref name="ekay">Kay, Ernest, The World Who's Who of Women (1975), p. 100</ref>From 1924 to 1926 she studied at the Harrow School of Art and Académe Julian in Paris under R T Mumford,<ref name="ekay">Kay, Ernest, The World Who's Who of Women (1975), p. 100</ref> and at Heatherley's 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. By 1975 she had held 17 one-man exhibitions in the USA and UK.<ref name="ekay">Kay, Ernest, The World Who's Who of Women (1975), p. 100</ref> |
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She married 22 April 1930 in London, to William Harrison Bordass (died 30 May 1974),<ref name="times24430">''The Times'' 24 April 1930, p. 1</ref><ref>Principal Probate Registry calendars 1974, B-Bo</ref>and had a son and daughter.<ref name="ekay">Kay, Ernest, The World Who's Who of Women (1975), p. 100</ref>. In later years she and her husband lived |
She married 22 April 1930 in London, to William Harrison Bordass (died 30 May 1974),<ref name="times24430">''The Times'' 24 April 1930, p. 1</ref><ref>Principal Probate Registry calendars 1974, B-Bo</ref>and had a son and daughter.<ref name="ekay">Kay, Ernest, The World Who's Who of Women (1975), p. 100</ref>. In later years she and her husband lived in [[Cambridge]], and died 13 November 1992, aged 87<ref>Principal Probate Registry calendars 1993, B-Bo</ref> |
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Bordass was made a fellow of the [[Royal Society of Painters]] in 1978. |
Bordass was made a fellow of the [[Royal Society of Painters]] in 1978. |
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Revision as of 13:34, 1 February 2016
Dorothy Trotman Bordass (nee Foster) (1905 – 1992), was a British artist.[1]
Bordass was born 19 November 1905 at 6 Neville Court, Abbey Road, St. John's Wood, London NW8,[2][3]and baptised 11 January 1906 at All Saints Church,[4]the elder daughter of Reginald Wilson Foster (died 5 August 1933) of 21 John Street, Adelphi, London WC2 and Claremont, Northwood, Middlesex, merchant and coal factor,[5] and Alice Skinner his wife, the ward of William More Skinner, solicitor.[6][7]
She studied as an illuminator under Alberto Sangorski, 1920-24[8]From 1924 to 1926 she studied at the Harrow School of Art and Académe Julian in Paris under R T Mumford,[8] and at Heatherley's 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. By 1975 she had held 17 one-man exhibitions in the USA and UK.[8]
She married 22 April 1930 in London, to William Harrison Bordass (died 30 May 1974),[6][9]and had a son and daughter.[8]. In later years she and her husband lived in Cambridge, and died 13 November 1992, aged 87[10]
Bordass was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Painters in 1978.
See also
Notes
- ^ "Dorothy Bordass, Modern British Pictures". Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
- ^ The Times 21 Nov 1905, p. 1
- ^ London Metropolitan Archives P89/ALL1/65, p. 78
- ^ Principal Probate Registry calendars 1933, F-Fo, p. 389
- ^ a b The Times 24 April 1930, p. 1
- ^ London Metropolitan Archives P89/MRY1/269, p. 181
- ^ a b c d Kay, Ernest, The World Who's Who of Women (1975), p. 100
- ^ Principal Probate Registry calendars 1974, B-Bo
- ^ Principal Probate Registry calendars 1993, B-Bo