£900 

Catherine Olive Moody:
Standing female nude with hands on hips, 1943
Unmounted (ref: 10890)

Oil on Paper 

Inscribed B. Fleetwood Walker R.A. Instructional drawing in his Pedagogue Class 1943 Birmingham School of Art 

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Provenance: The Artist's Studio

Catherine Olive Moody was the daughter of the artist Victor Hume Moody. She 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.