Alethea Garstin
Alethea Garstin (1894–1978) was a Cornish artist and illustrator who exhibited paintings regularly at London's Royal Academy from an early age.
Life and work
Garstin was born in Penzance, Cornwall, the daughter of painter Norman Garstin and received her early training from him.[1] She first exhibited a painting, "The Chairmakers", at the Royal Academy in 1912[2] and a much larger painting of the Market Place at Gemene, Brittany, the following year.[3] She later created illustrations for magazines including Punch and Tatler.[1]
Garstin continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy until 1945 and was elected as a Member of the Royal West of England Academy in 1949.[1]
Notable exhibitions
- Adams Gallery, Pall Mall, London (1940) - solo exhibition of over 60 paintings, highlights being "Penzance Promenade" and "Penzance Harbour" which the Western Morning News described as "something of the effective simplicity and artistic economy of selection that the best modern French paintings have."[4]
- United Services Centre, Plymouth (1945) - joint exhibition with Newlyn painter Gertrude Harvey.[5]
- Norman and Alethea Garstin. Two Impressionists - Father and Daughter, Newlyn,[1] Bristol, Dublin and London (1978–9) - works by Norman and Alethea Garstin.[6]
Public collections
Paintings by Garstin are currently in the Government Art Collection and the collections of the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, the Royal West of England Academy and the National Trust.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Gray, Sara (2009), The Dictionary of British Women Artists, The Lutterworth Press, pp. 113–114, ISBN 978-0-7188-3084-7
- ↑ "Penzance Child Artist's Picture At The Academy". West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. 16 May 1912. p. 7. Retrieved 19 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. The article claims she is "probably the youngest painter to exhibit in the famous galleries at Burligton(sic) House" and "is not yet thirteen years old" (though this conflicts with her stated year of birth in other sources).
- ↑ "Royal Academy And Other Pictures". Cornishman. 20 March 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 19 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Our London Letter: Clever Penzance Artist". Western Morning News. 7 May 1940. p. 2. Retrieved 19 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "City Exhibition: Newlyn and Penzance Artists". Western Morning News. 7 July 1945. p. 2. Retrieved 19 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Norman Garstin: The Bull Hotel, Burford, Tate Gallery. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ↑ "15 paintings by Alethea Garstin". BBC Your Paintings. Retrieved 19 October 2015.