Private
Phyllis Dodd
(1899 - 1995)
Portrait of Tirzah Garwood, 1929
Phyllis Dodd (1899 - 1995)
£3,500
Signed
Drypoint
Plate; 7 x 4 in. (18 x 10 cm)
Paper size; 10 x 7 in. (26 x 18 cm)
Size:
Height – 18cm
Width – 10cm
1 in stock
Phyllis Dodd achieved considerable success from early on in her prolific career. Studying at the Liverpool School of Art from 1917-21, she received a Royal Exhibition Scholarship and attended the Royal College of Art for four years, alongside Henry Moore (1898-986), Raymond Coxon (1896-1997) and Edna Ginesi (1902-2000), with whom she would remain friends for the rest of her life, winning the Drawing Prize in her final year. She was thee wife of fellow artist Douglas Percy Bliss (1900-1984). In 1989, the Hatton Gallery at Newcastle University held a large retrospective exhibition to celebrate her ninetieth birthday. This is an early work, probably made during the mid 1920s.
Phyllis Dodd achieved considerable success from early on in
her prolific career. Studying at the Liverpool School of Art from
1917’21, she received a Royal Exhibition Scholarship and
attended the Royal College of Art for four years ‘ alongside Henry
Moore (1898’1986), Raymond Coxon (1896’1997) and Edna
Ginesi (1902’2000), with whom she would remain friends for the
rest of her life ‘ winning the Drawing Prize in her final year.
From 1925 to 1930 she taught part-time at Walthamstow
Technical College. In 1928, she married the artist Douglas
Percy Bliss (1900’1984) and they worked alongside each other,
exhibiting together at Derby Art Gallery in 1947. She also
exhibited at the NEAC, the RA, the RP, the Walker Art Gallery
and the RSA, and in 1989 the Hatton Gallery at Newcastle
University held a large retrospective exhibition to celebrate her
ninetieth birthday.
