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| birth_date = 12 April 1896
| birth_place = [[Woolton]], Liverpool, England
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| death_place = [[Clifton, Bristol|Cifton]], Bristol, England
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'''Leila Elizabeth Josephine Worsley''' ({{Nee|'''Reynolds'''}}; 12 April 1896{{Spaced ndash}}8 January 1994) was a British artist, who throughout her career worked in a variety of media and who is best known for the artworks she produced during the Second World War, depicting events in Britain.
'''Leila Elizabeth Josephine Worsley''' (nee '''Reynolds''' 12 April 1896 – 8 January 1994) was a British artist, who throughout her career worked in a variety of media and who is best known for the artworks she produced during the Second World War, depicting events in Britain.
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==Biography==
==Biography==
Faithfull was born on 12{{Nbsp}}April 1896 at [[Woolton]],<ref name="Liverpool Echo 14 April 1896">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Births |date=14 April 1896 |page=6 |work=[[Liverpool Echo]] |location=Liverpool |language=en |oclc=31634556 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/18960414/039/0003 |access-date=4 September 2021 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> a suburb of Liverpool where her father, Sir [[Sir James Reynolds, 1st Baronet|James Reynolds]], had business interests. She married George Faithfull on 17{{Nbsp}}July 1919, and after his death she married, in 1943, the writer and critic Cuthbert Worsley.<ref name="BuckmanVol1">{{cite book|author=David Buckman|publisher=Art Dictionaries Ltd|year=1998|title=Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L |ISBN=0 95326 095 X}}</ref><ref name="Burke 1956">{{cite book|editor1-last=Pine|editor1-first=Leslie Gilbert|editor1-link=L. G. Pine|year=1956|title=Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage|section=Reynolds|publisher=[[Burke's Peerage]]|edition=101st|page=1836|location=London|language=en|oclc=1153285006|section-url=https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera0000burk_j4v1/page/1836|access-date=4 September 2021}}</ref>
Faithfull was born on 12 April 1896 at [[Woolton]], a suburb of Liverpool where her father, Sir [[Sir James Reynolds, 1st Baronet|James Reynolds]], had business interests.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Births |date=14 April 1896 |page=6 |work=[[Liverpool Echo]]|oclc=31634556 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/18960414/039/0003 |access-date=4 September 2021 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="BuckmanV1">{{cite book|author=David Buckman|publisher=Art Dictionaries Ltd|year=2006|title=Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L |isbn=0-953260-95-X}}</ref> She married George Faithfull in 1919, and after his death she married, in 1943, the writer and critic Cuthbert Worsley.<ref name="BuckmanV1"/><ref name="Burke">{{Cite book|editor=Leslie Gilbert Pine |editor1-link=L. G. Pine |year=1956 |title=Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage|publisher=[[Burke's Peerage]] |edition=101st |oclc=1153285006}}</ref>
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[[File:Evacuees Growing Cabbages (Art.IWM ART.LD 428) (1940).jpg|thumb|''Evacuees Growing Cabbages'' (Art.IWM ART.LD 428) (1940)]]


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[[File:Evacuees Growing Cabbages (Art.IWM ART.LD 428) (1940).jpg|thumb|''Evacuees Growing Cabbages'' (Art.IWM ART.LD 428) (1940)]]
Faithfull studied at the [[Slade School of Art]] throughout 1923 and 1924, before going to Paris to study at the [[Académie de la Grande Chaumière]]. In 1933 she exhibited at the [[Salon des Artistes Francais]] in Paris.<ref name="Benezit">{{cite book|publisher=Editions Grund, Paris|year=2006|title=Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 5 Dyck-Gemignani|ISBN=2 7000 3075 3}}</ref> At the start of World War Two, Faithfull applied to work for the [[War Artists' Advisory Committee]], WAAC. Although not given a full-time commission by WAAC, she was given facilities and permits to work. She used these to produce paintings depicting evacuee children and, later, scenes of American servicemen playing baseball in a London park, and these pieces were purchased by WAAC.<ref name="Beyond">{{cite book|author=Catherine Speck|publisher=Reaktion Books|year=2014|title=Beyond the Battlefield, Women Artists of Two World Wars|ISBN=978 178023 374 1}}</ref><ref name="Harries">{{cite book|author1=Merion Harries |author2=Susie Harries |publisher=Michael Joseph, The Imperial War Museum & the Tate Gallery|year=1983|title=The War Artists, British Official War Art of the Twentieth Century |ISBN=0 7181 2314 X}}</ref> During the war, Faithfull also worked for a time as a surgical artist at the new plastic surgery unit at the [[Queen Victoria Hospital]] in [[East Grinstead]] under Sir [[Archibald McIndoe]].<ref name="BuckmanVol1"/> At the end of the war, Faithfull produced a triptych depicting the crowds gathered around [[Buckingham Palace]], celebrating on [[Victory in Europe Day|VE-Day]].<ref name="WW2Art">{{cite book|publisher=Imperial War Museum|year=2007|title=Art from the Second World War|ISBN=978-1-904897-66-8}}</ref><ref name="Beyond"/><ref name=IWMlf>{{cite web |author=Imperial War Museum|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1050000874|title=Correspondence with artists, Mrs L Faithfull |access-date=28 April 2017|work=[[Imperial War Museum]]}}</ref>
Faithfull studied at the [[Slade School of Fine Art]] throughout 1923 and 1924, before going to Paris to study at the [[Académie de la Grande Chaumière]]. In 1933 she exhibited at the [[Salon des Artistes Francais]] in Paris.<ref name="Benezit5">{{cite book|publisher=Editions Grund, Paris|year=2006|title=Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 5 Dyck-Gemignani|isbn=2-7000-3075-3}}</ref> At the start of World War Two, Faithfull applied to work for the [[War Artists' Advisory Committee]], WAAC. Although not given a full-time commission by WAAC, she was given facilities and permits to work. She used these to produce paintings depicting evacuee children and, later, scenes of American servicemen playing baseball in a London park, and these pieces were purchased by WAAC.<ref name="CSpeck">{{Cite book|author= Catherine Speck|year=2014 |title=Beyond the Battlefield: Women Artists of Two World Wars|publisher=[[Reaktion Books]] |isbn=978-1-78023-374-1}}</ref><ref name="Harries">{{cite book|author1=Merion Harries |author2=Susie Harries |publisher=Michael Joseph, The Imperial War Museum & the Tate Gallery|year=1983|title=The War Artists, British Official War Art of the Twentieth Century |isbn=0-7181-2314-X}}</ref> During the war, Faithfull also worked for a time as a surgical artist at the new plastic surgery unit at the [[Queen Victoria Hospital]] in [[East Grinstead]] under Sir [[Archibald McIndoe]].<ref name="BuckmanV1"/> At the end of the war, Faithfull produced a triptych depicting the crowds gathered around [[Buckingham Palace]], celebrating on [[Victory in Europe Day|VE-Day]].<ref name="CSpeck"/><ref name="WW2Art">{{cite book|author=|publisher=Imperial War Museum|year=2007|title=Art from the Second World War|isbn=978-1-904897-66-8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1050000874|title=War artist archive: Mrs L Faithfull |website=[[Imperial War Museum]] |access-date=4 September 2021}}</ref>


After the war, Faithfull built a reputation as a portrait painter and exhibited widely with works shown at the [[Royal Academy]], the [[Royal Society of British Artists]] and the [[New English Art Club]].<ref name=Waters2>{{cite book|author=Grant M. Waters|publisher=Eastbourne Fine Art|title=Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950 Volume II}}</ref> Both [[Kenneth Clark]] and Sir [[Edward Marsh (polymath)|Edward Marsh]] acquired examples of her work for their private collections.<ref name="BuckmanVol1"/> In her later years she begin working in metal, creating figures of dancers and horses. Faithfull died on 8{{Nbsp}}January 1994 at St. Angela's Convent in [[Clifton, Bristol|Cifton]], Bristol, where she had lived for several years.<ref name="BuckmanVol1"/><ref name="Worsley 1994">{{Cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=1977 |title=Probate record for Leila Elizabeth Josephine Worsley |at=Week 64 D 06 |website=Probate Service |publisher=[[Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service|Probate Service]] |location=Bristol |language=en |id=9451408977B |url=https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar/GetImgSrc?filePath=%2F1994%2FW%2F011606_worsfold_1994.Png |access-date=4 September 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904072752/https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar/GetImgSrc?filePath=%2F1994%2FW%2F011606_worsfold_1994.Png |archive-date=4 September 2021}}</ref>
After the war, Faithfull built a reputation as a portrait painter and exhibited widely with works shown at the [[Royal Academy of Arts]], the [[Royal Society of British Artists]] and the [[New English Art Club]].<ref name="GMWaters">{{cite book|author=Grant M. Waters|publisher=Eastbourne Fine Art|year=1975|title=Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950}}</ref> Both [[Kenneth Clark]] and Sir [[Edward Marsh (polymath)|Edward Marsh]] acquired examples of her work for their private collections.<ref name="BuckmanV1"/> In her later years she begin working in metal, creating figures of dancers and horses. Faithfull died at St. Angela's Convent in [[Clifton, Bristol]] where she had lived for several years.<ref name="BuckmanV1"/><ref>{{Cite web|author=|year=1977 |title=Probate record for Leila Elizabeth Josephine Worsley |at=Week 64 D 06 |website=Probate search |publisher=[[Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service|Probate Service]] |location=Bristol |language=en |id=9451408977B |url=https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar/GetImgSrc?filePath=%2F1994%2FW%2F011606_worsfold_1994.Png |access-date=4 September 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904072752/https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar/GetImgSrc?filePath=%2F1994%2FW%2F011606_worsfold_1994.Png |archive-date=4 September 2021}}</ref>


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Leila Faithfull
Born
Leila Elizabeth Josephine Reynolds

12 April 1896
Woolton, England
Died8 January 1994(1994-01-08) (aged 97)
Clifton, Bristol, England
NationalityBritish
Alma mater
Known for
Spouses
  • George Ferdinand Hay Faithfull
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    ​
    (m. 1919; died 1942)​
  • Thomas Cuthbert Worsley
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1943; died 1977)​

Leila Elizabeth Josephine Worsley (nee Reynolds 12 April 1896 – 8 January 1994) was a British artist, who throughout her career worked in a variety of media and who is best known for the artworks she produced during the Second World War, depicting events in Britain.

Biography

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Faithfull was born on 12 April 1896 at Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool where her father, Sir James Reynolds, had business interests.[1][2] She married George Faithfull in 1919, and after his death she married, in 1943, the writer and critic Cuthbert Worsley.[2][3]

Evacuees Growing Cabbages (Art.IWM ART.LD 428) (1940)

Faithfull studied at the Slade School of Fine Art throughout 1923 and 1924, before going to Paris to study at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. In 1933 she exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais in Paris.[4] At the start of World War Two, Faithfull applied to work for the War Artists' Advisory Committee, WAAC. Although not given a full-time commission by WAAC, she was given facilities and permits to work. She used these to produce paintings depicting evacuee children and, later, scenes of American servicemen playing baseball in a London park, and these pieces were purchased by WAAC.[5][6] During the war, Faithfull also worked for a time as a surgical artist at the new plastic surgery unit at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead under Sir Archibald McIndoe.[2] At the end of the war, Faithfull produced a triptych depicting the crowds gathered around Buckingham Palace, celebrating on VE-Day.[5][7][8]

After the war, Faithfull built a reputation as a portrait painter and exhibited widely with works shown at the Royal Academy of Arts, the Royal Society of British Artists and the New English Art Club.[9] Both Kenneth Clark and Sir Edward Marsh acquired examples of her work for their private collections.[2] In her later years she begin working in metal, creating figures of dancers and horses. Faithfull died at St. Angela's Convent in Clifton, Bristol where she had lived for several years.[2][10]

References

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  1. ^ "Births". Liverpool Echo. 14 April 1896. p. 6. OCLC 31634556. Retrieved 4 September 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ a b c d e David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
  3. ^ Leslie Gilbert Pine, ed. (1956). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (101st ed.). Burke's Peerage. OCLC 1153285006.
  4. ^ Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 5 Dyck-Gemignani. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2-7000-3075-3.
  5. ^ a b Catherine Speck (2014). Beyond the Battlefield: Women Artists of Two World Wars. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-78023-374-1.
  6. ^ Merion Harries; Susie Harries (1983). The War Artists, British Official War Art of the Twentieth Century. Michael Joseph, The Imperial War Museum & the Tate Gallery. ISBN 0-7181-2314-X.
  7. ^ Art from the Second World War. Imperial War Museum. 2007. ISBN 978-1-904897-66-8.
  8. ^ "War artist archive: Mrs L Faithfull". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  9. ^ Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
  10. ^ "Probate record for Leila Elizabeth Josephine Worsley". Probate search. Bristol: Probate Service. 1977. Week 64 D 06. 9451408977B. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
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