Catherine Olive Moody: The Malvern Art School, 1982 - on Art WW I

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Catherine Olive Moody:
The Malvern Art School, 1982

Unmounted (ref: 5785)

Signed, pen and ink.

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Provenance: The Artist's Studio


Literature: Llewellyn, Sacha, and Paul Liss. Portrait of an Artist. Liss Llewellyn, 2021, p.54.

Moody illustrated various books including The Silhouette of Malvern and The Painters Workshop  - An Exploration of the Studio.   First teaching at the at Manchester College of Art and as  head of Malvern School of Art, 1962-80, Moody was fascinated by the artist's working space. 

Catherine was the daughter of the artist Victor Hume Moody and  studied under him at Malvern School of Art, at Royal College of Art with Gilbert Spencer and at Birmingham College of Art under Bernard Fleetwood-Walker.  She taught at Manchester College of Art, then was head of Malvern School of Art, 1962-80.   She was a designer for Dent Allcroft and wrote Silhouette of Malvern, 1953, and Painter's Workshop, 1982. Catherine Moody was especially drawn to working in pastel producing interiors, compositions and portraits.  She was a member of Pastel Society  and president of Malvern Art Club. She showed at PS and RP. Worcester City Art Gallery and Malvern Festival Theatre hold her work. She lived in Malvern, Worcestershire.


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