Irene Newton
Irene Margaret Newton (1915–1992) was a British artist, notable as a textile designer, painter and teacher.
Biography[edit]
Newton grew up in Truro in Cornwall where she attended the High School for Girls before studying at the Truro School of Art from 1934 to 1938.[1] She then worked as an art assistant at art schools in Stourbridge and in Hereford before taking a teaching post at the Elizabeth Gaskell College of Education in Manchester.[2] Alongside her teaching duties, Newton created textile designs both for hand weaving and machine production.[1] She was elected a member of the Royal Society of the Arts in 1940 and was recognized as a licentiate by the Society of Industrial Designers.[1] Newtown also exhibited works with the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, the United Society of Artists and at the Paris Salon.[2]
Newton spent the later part of her life at Southport in the north-west of England.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Sara Gray (2019). British Women Artists. A Biographical Dictionary of 1000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts. Dark River. ISBN 978 1 911121 63 3.
- ^ a b c David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 2, M to Z. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0 953260 95 X.