ARTIST: Lesbia Thorpe (Australian, 1919 - 2009)
TITLE: Swan Green, New Forest, Hampshire (titled on verso)
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.
ART SIZE: 16 x 12 inches / 40 x 30 cm
FRAME SIZE: 24 x 20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
NAME VARIANTS: Lee Baldwin
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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BIOGRAPHY:
Lesbia Thorpe (in private life Lee Baldwin) was an Australian artist, possibly best known for her printmaking. From 1931 to 1937 Thorpe studied under Dattilo Rubbo, and was elected in 1937 to the Painter-Etchers Society and in 1943 to the Royal Art Society. Known as Lee Thorpe when working for the ABC, Thorpe was a freelance interviewer and host for ABC's Women's Session radio in the 1950s. Thorpe also travelled to Malta in 1955 to perform a radio show for the BBC in 1955. Interested in theatre, Thorpe performed for a couple of years with Doris Fitton at the Independent Theatre. From 1941, Thorpe executed murals and theatre sets for the Independent Theatre and the Theatre Royal in 1944 with William Constable, as well as executing murals for the Stage Door Canteen, Sydney.In 1953 she studied printmaking with Gertrude Hermes at the Central School of Art and Design in London. In 1954 she was elected an associate member of the Society of Wood Engravers of Great Britain. While in 1960, on a second visit to London, she was elected a member of the Royal Graphic Art Society.