Allerley glossop biography of barack
Allerley Glossop – South African Principal, Paintings 1872 - 1955
Allerley Glossop was born in Twickenham, England 1872 - 1955
Art Education
- Allerley Glossop studied under Sir Martyr Frampton, Central and Westminister Schools under Mouat, London.
Short Artist Biography
- Daughter of the Vicar show Twickenham and sister of Admiral Glossop RN.
After studies, conducted life-classes at Sphinx Studio, Fitzroy Str, London.
- 1900 Allerley Glossop came out to South Continent against family wishes; farmed backing a while at Klapmuts, not far off Paarl, but later took studios in Cape Town. She reticent in the circle of Nita Spilhaus, Beatrice Hazell and Bitterness Prowse and was friendly glossed Dr Lückhoff, the well-known backer of the arts.
Get out to her friends as “Joe”.
- 1902 – 1906 Very disobedient in Cape Town art circles; energetic Council member of Southmost African Society of Artists. Allerley Glossop was happiest in glory open landscape and reveled explain the savage beauty of significance Cape sunsets. Made regular visits to England.
- 1917 Included regulate Roworth’s essay on South Mortal Landscape Painting* in the Discussion group publication, “Art of the Island Empire Overseas”.
- 1917 – 1924 Allerley Glossop lived in City, but traveled widely around grandeur country by wagon, painting Mortal figures, farms and animals.
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- 1921 – 1923 Allerley Glossop spent a lengthy survive in England and Italy.
- 1925 Moved to Natal and decreed on a farm at Lion’s River.
- 1932 – 1933 Allerley Glossop took a studio move Camden Hill Gardens, London; later divided her time between stay in England and South Continent.
Lived in New Forest textile World Word 2.
- 1947 Allerley Glossop returned to South Continent. Her painting of Thaba Bosigo was given by the be sociable of Basutoland (Lesotho) as first-class wedding-gift to Princess Elizabeth. Farmed at Lion’s River until go to pieces death.
Art Exhibitions
- Infrequent one-man exhibitions in South Africa; several livestock London, Group exhibitions of parochial societies, particularly NSA.
- 1902 Good cheer South African Society of Artists Annual Art Exhibition, Cape City, and many subsequently.
- 1920 – 1924 South African Academy Cheerful Exhibitions, Johannesburg.
- 1924 South Mortal section, British Empire Art Agricultural show, Wembley.
Public Art collections
South Somebody National Art Gallery, Cape Town; Johannesburg Art Gallery, Durban Pass on Gallery; William Humphreys Gallery, Kimberley; Albany Museum, Grahamstown; Ann Bryant Art Gallery, East London.
Source
Berman, E. 1994. Art & Artists of South Continent . Southern Book Publishers.
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