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'''Edith Jagger''' (1881-1977) was a British artist and textile designer. She specialized in textile design and was Chief Designer at Painted Fabrics |
'''Edith Jagger''' (1881-1977) was a British artist and textile designer. She specialized in textile design and was Chief Designer at Painted Fabrics Limited in Sheffield for fourteen years. Her oil paintings of still lives and flower subjects were exhibited internationally throughout the 1930s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejaggerfamily.co.uk/edith-jagger/4592835796|title=Edith Jagger - thejaggerfamily|publisher=}}</ref> |
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==Early life== |
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Edith Jagger (1881-1977) was a British artist and textile designer. She specialized in textile design and was Chief Designer at Painted Fabrics Limited in Sheffield for fourteen years. Her oil paintings of still lives and flower subjects were exhibited internationally throughout the 1930s.[1]
Early life
Edith Jagger was born in Kilnhurst, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire in 1881. The first child of Enoch and Mary Elizabeth Jagger. She attended St. Thomas’ School, Kilnhurst and was brought up a Methodist.
Early training and career
She studied at Sheffield Technical School of Art, alongside her younger brother, the sculptor, Charles Sargeant Jagger. In 1907 she submitted a winning entry in the National Art Schools Competition arranged by the South Kensington Museum.[2]
Initially, Edith wanted to become a painter of horses, however she spent several years painting local landscapes. Having moved to Sheffield she became heavily involved with the administration of the Sheffield Society of Artists, becoming an Associate Member in 1911 and elected a full member in 1931.[3] She was fiercely independent and never married. She was known as an expert needleworker and a consummate colourist, who was highly receptive to current trends within the worlds of art and music.
Painted Fabrics
She is most celebrated for her contribution as Chief Designer for Painted Fabrics Limited, a position she held for fourteen years. The story of Painted Fabrics Ltd is no ordinary company history. Developed from occupational therapy for injured British servicemen at Wharncliffe War Hospital in Sheffield, many of whom had been seriously invalided during the First World War, including severe shell shock and the loss of limbs. Painted Fabrics offered a unique combination of physical and psychological rehabilitation through the artistic and entrepreneurial talents of a small group of women.[4]
Painted Fabrics was established by four ex-art students, Annie Bindon Carter, Dorothy Bindon Carter, Phyllis Lawton and Edith Jagger.[5] From small charitable beginnings, as part of SASMA (The Disabled Sailors' and Soldiers' Mutual Association) the company went on to produce fabrics and clothing of fashionable design and high quality for several decades.[6]
Painted Fabrics became a limited company in 1923, received national press coverage and the continued support and patronage of the British royal family. The companies wares were sold across the country, including Liberty’s and Claridge’s Hotel in London. Samples were also shipped for exhibition in South Africa and Argentina. The company sustained commercial success throughout the 1920s was in no small measure down to Edith’s striking contemporary designs.[7]
Exhibiting career
Following an artistic dispute Edith resigned from Painted Fabrics and concentrated on her painting. Her oil paintings were shown in principle exhibitions in Liverpool, Leeds, Glasgow and London, including the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition, where her work was shown alongside that of her brothers, Charles Sargeant Jagger and David Jagger.[8] Her paintings were included in several national touring exhibitions and selected for the Paris Salon.[9] She exhibited sixteen paintings with the Sheffield Society of Artists during the 1930s.
Twenty-eight of her paintings were included in The Art of Jagger Family, a touring exhibition which toured seven towns and cities across the Midlands and North of England during 1939-40.[10]
Later years
She continued to paint into the late 1950s, though seldom exhibited her work. Edith Jagger died in Matlock, Derbyshire, aged ninety-six in 1977, having outlived both of her more illustrious brothers.
Her original designs and card stencils produced for Painted Fabrics were included in two recent exhibitions, Printed Painted Fabrics, Weston Park Museum, Sheffield (2014) and Business and Benefaction: the colourful life of Sheffield artist Annie Bindon Carter, Weston Bank Library, The University of Sheffield (2016).[11] Edith Jagger’s life and work is the subject of a forthcoming publication, ‘The Art of the Jagger Family’ by Timothy Dickson (Autumn 2017).[12]
References
- ^ "Edith Jagger - thejaggerfamily".
- ^ National Competition 1907. Published and Administered by the Board of Education, South Kensington, London 1907
- ^ Basford, John. ‘Sheffield Society of Artists: Members and Proceedings 1930-1953’. Published by Colley Books Ltd., Sheffield. 2016
- ^ Wills, Hilary. ‘Sheffield Artists 1840-1940’. Published by The Basement Gallery, Sheffield. 1996 (p.11-12)
- ^ Nutt, Elizabeth Strying. ‘Sheffield Technical School of Art Student Magazine’ (Winter 1918) Volume 1, Number 2.
- ^ ec096148; Spick, Mike (19 June 2015). "Painted Fabrics".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Leary, Malcolm. ‘Painted With Pride’. Published by RMC Books, Sheffield. 2016
- ^ Royal Academy Summer Exhibition catalogue. Published by William Clowes & Sons Limited, 1932
- ^ ‘City Artists’s Work for Paris Salon’, Sheffield Telegraph & Independent, 2 May 1939
- ^ ‘The Art of the Jagger Family’ exhibition catalogue, Sunderland Art Gallery 1940
- ^ Sheffield, University of. "Business and Benefaction: the colourful life of Sheffield artist Annie Bindon Carter - Exhibition gallery - The University Library - The University of Sheffield".
- ^ "thejaggerfamily".