Noël Gilford Adeney (1890 – 24 January 1978) was a British artist, known for her landscape and still life paintings and a member of The London Group. [1] [2]
Noël Gilford was born in Surrey, the daughter of William Gilford, a landowner, and his wife Elizabeth. [3] Noël Gilford was educated in Darlington and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London from 1910 to 1915. [4] [5] At the Slade she trained as a dress designer; one of her garments is featured in the portrait of cellist Guilhermina Suggia by the Welsh painter Augustus John. [5] She met textile designer Phyllis Barron at The Slade and used her hand-blockprinted fabric for her dress making. [6]
In 1921, she married the English painter and textile designer Bernard Adeney who she had met in 1918, his first wife was the painter Thérèse Lessore. [7] [3] Their son Richard Adeney was a flautist who played principal flute with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. [8]
Adeney wrote a novel, No Coward Soul, published by Hogarth Press in 1956. It is a semi-biographical account of her encounters with the novelist and painter Denton Welch (fictionalised as 'Merton Hughes'). [9]
In 2004, her painting called Still life of two jugs with tulips and daffodils, and a pansy in a pot to the side sold at Christie's auction house for £657. [10]
Noël Gilford Adeney (1890 – 24 January 1978) was a British artist, known for her landscape and still life paintings and a member of The London Group. [1] [2]
Noël Gilford was born in Surrey, the daughter of William Gilford, a landowner, and his wife Elizabeth. [3] Noël Gilford was educated in Darlington and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London from 1910 to 1915. [4] [5] At the Slade she trained as a dress designer; one of her garments is featured in the portrait of cellist Guilhermina Suggia by the Welsh painter Augustus John. [5] She met textile designer Phyllis Barron at The Slade and used her hand-blockprinted fabric for her dress making. [6]
In 1921, she married the English painter and textile designer Bernard Adeney who she had met in 1918, his first wife was the painter Thérèse Lessore. [7] [3] Their son Richard Adeney was a flautist who played principal flute with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. [8]
Adeney wrote a novel, No Coward Soul, published by Hogarth Press in 1956. It is a semi-biographical account of her encounters with the novelist and painter Denton Welch (fictionalised as 'Merton Hughes'). [9]
In 2004, her painting called Still life of two jugs with tulips and daffodils, and a pansy in a pot to the side sold at Christie's auction house for £657. [10]