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Wendy Pasmore

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Wendy Lloyd Pasmore, née Blood (9 October 1915 – 2015) was a British artist.

Early life

Pasmore was born in Dublin on 9 October 1915,[1] and is a descendant of George Blood (1762–1844), the younger brother of Frances "Fanny" Blood (1753–1785), who was the closest friend of Mary Wollstonecraft, after whom she named her daughter, Fanny Imlay. She studied at the Chelmsford School of Art.[2]

Career

In 1955 she was a member of the Women's International Art Club. She exhibited with the London Group from 1956, and became a member in 1958.[1] Pasmore had a retrospective exhibition at the Molton and Lords Galleries in 1963.[1] Her work is in the collection of Tate.[2]

Personal life

In 1940 she married the artist and architect Victor Pasmore (1908–1998).[1] They had two children, a son and a daughter.[3] Pasmore died in 2015.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Tate: Wendy Pasmore | Tate, accessdate: 22/08/2014
  2. ^ a b Foster, Alicia (2004). Tate women artists. London: Tate. p. 258. ISBN 9781854373113.
  3. ^ bookroomartpress.co.uk: Pasmore, Victor Biography, accessdate: 22/08/2014