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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)]]
[[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.{{R|"Bénézit 2006"}} 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.{{R|"Speck 2014"|"Harries Harries 1983"}} 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]].{{R|"Buckman 2006"}} 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]].{{R|"Tolson 2007"|"Speck 2014"|"Imperial War Museum 1945"}}
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 (Paris)|Salon des Artistes Francais]] in Paris.{{R|"Bénézit 2006"}} 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.{{R|"Speck 2014"|"Harries Harries 1983"}} 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]].{{R|"Buckman 2006"}} 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]].{{R|"Tolson 2007"|"Speck 2014"|"Imperial War Museum 1945"}}


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]].{{R|"Waters 1976"}} Both [[Kenneth Clark]] and Sir [[Edward Marsh (polymath)|Edward Marsh]] acquired examples of her work for their private collections.{{R|"Buckman 2006"}} 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.{{R|"Buckman 2006"|"Worsley 1994"}}
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]].{{R|"Waters 1976"}} Both [[Kenneth Clark]] and Sir [[Edward Marsh (polymath)|Edward Marsh]] acquired examples of her work for their private collections.{{R|"Buckman 2006"}} 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.{{R|"Buckman 2006"|"Worsley 1994"}}


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Leila Faithfull
Born
Leila Elizabeth Josephine Reynolds

(1896-04-12)12 April 1896
Woolton, Liverpool, England
Died8 January 1994(1994-01-08) (aged 97)
Cifton, Bristol, England
NationalityBritish
Alma mater
Known forPainting
Spouses
  • George Ferdinand Hay Faithfull
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    ​
    (m. 1919; died 1942)​
  • Thomas Cuthbert Worsley
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    ​
    (m. 1943; died 1977)​

Leila Elizabeth Josephine Worsley (née 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

Faithfull was born on 12 April 1896 at Woolton,[1] a suburb of Liverpool where her father, Sir James Reynolds, had business interests. She married George Faithfull on 17 July 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.[7][5][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 on 8 January 1994 at St. Angela's Convent in Cifton, Bristol, where she had lived for several years.[2][10]

References

  1. ^ "Births". Liverpool Echo. Liverpool. 14 April 1896. p. 6. OCLC 31634556. Retrieved 4 September 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ a b c d Buckman, David (2006). Artists in Britain since 1945. A to L. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Bristol: Art Dictionaries. ISBN 978-0-9532609-5-9. OCLC 77011785.
  3. ^ Pine, Leslie Gilbert, ed. (1956). "Reynolds". Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (101st ed.). London: Burke's Peerage. p. 1836. OCLC 1153285006. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  4. ^ Bénézit, Charles Emmanuel, ed. (2006). "Faithfull, Leila". Dictionary of Artists. Dyck to Gémignani. Vol. 5. Paris: Gründ. p. 422. ISBN 978-2-7000-3075-4. OCLC 470002672. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b Speck, Catherine (August 2014). "Peace at Last". Beyond the Battlefield: Women Artists of Two World Wars. London: Reaktion Books. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-78023-374-1. OCLC 900876380. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  6. ^ Harries, Meirion; Harries, Susie (1983). "Part 2: The Army in England". The War Artists: British Official War Art of the Twentieth Century. Imperial War Museum and Tate Gallery. London: Michael Joseph Publishing. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-7181-2314-7. OCLC 9888782.
  7. ^ Tolson, Roger (2007). Art from the Second World War. London: Imperial War Museum. ISBN 978-1-904897-66-8. OCLC 191749004.
  8. ^ Ministry of Information. "Mrs L Faithfull". War artist archive, Series: Correspondence with artists, ID: ART/WA2/03/094. London: Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  9. ^ Waters, Grant Mockford (1976). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950. Vol. 2. Eastbourne: Eastbourne Fine Art. ISBN 978-0-902010-06-2. OCLC 60000246.
  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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