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Description: | Born in France in 1883, Ethel Gabain was one of the few women of her generation to be able to make a living as a lithographer, a printing process using metal plates. She moved to England to study at the Slade School of Art and at the Central School of Arts and Crafts (later St Matin's) where she met John Copley, an English printmaker. They married and lived for many years in Italy creating some of their finest work. She also produced etchings, drypoints and paintings. Her portraits of characters from stories were very popular and she produced the original illustrations for an edition of Jane Eyre in 1923. During WWI she produced lithographs for the Women's Voluntary Service. Gabain also completed a commissioned portrait of Alexander Fleming, who discovered penicillin. Gabain had lost a child during the war and was herself in poor health at this time, showing the strength of her character to achieve great success in her work. The work was donated to our collection on 1946
Oil painting portrait of a woman seated in an armchair in comfortable, bright interior. She is wearing a blue and beige dress and her hair is pinned up. She is reading a book. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Reading habit People and roles Portrait painting Fine arts Women Oil painting Oil Paintings Art collections | Temporal: | 1900 - 1946
20th century (1900-1999) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | GABAIN; Ethel (1883 - 1950); RBA ROI | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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