Bernard Adeney

Bernard Adeney (2 August 1878 – 4 April 1966) was an English painter and textile designer. He was a founding member of the London Group, an artists' exhibiting society, and was its president from 1921 to 1923. Between 1930 and 1947, he was head of the textile school at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, where he had taught since 1903.^[1] One of his most notable works is the painting Toy Sailing Boats (1911), which formed part of a seven-piece collection of panels painted for Borough Polytechnic under the direction of Roger Fry.^[2] Other works include Edge of a Wood,^[3] Barley Fields,^[4] West Wittering,^[5] Pond and Trees, Farm Buildings and The Parade, Cowes.^[6]

Bernard Adeney
Born	(1878-08-02)2 August 1878 London, England
Died	4 April 1966(1966-04-04) (aged 87)
Alma mater	Royal Academy of Arts Académie Julian Slade School of Fine Art
Known for	Painting and textile design
Spouses	Thérèse Lessore ​ ​ (m. 1909⁠–⁠1921)​ Noël Gilford Adeney

Adeney was born on 2 August 1878 in London, the son of Canon W. F. Adeney. He started his art training in St John's Wood Art School when only nine years old,^[7] He then studied at the Royal Academy, the Académie Julian in Paris and later the Slade School of Fine Art.^[1] He married the painter Thérèse Lessore in 1909 and they were divorced in 1921.^[8] He subsequently married fellow painter Noël Gilford.^[1]

References

1. "Bernard Adeney". Tate Online. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
2. Clare A. P. Willsdon (2000). Mural painting in Britain 1840-1940: image and meaning. Oxford University Press. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-19-817515-5. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
3. 'The London Group: Recent Developments In British Painting', The Times, 6 November 1951.
4. 'London Group: Works by Young Artists', The Times, 3 November 1953.
5. 'Art Exhibitions: The National Society', The Times, 11 February 1932.
6. Mr. Bernard Adeney, The Times, 24 October 1928.
7. "Bernard Adeney".
8. Baron, Wendy (January 2011). "Sickert, Walter Richard (1860 - 1943)". The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press.