Prunella clough biography definition
Born in Chelsea, London.
British painter, born in Chelsea, London....
Prunella Clough
British artist
Prunella Clough | |
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Prunella Clough, c. 1958, photograph by Lord Snowdon | |
Born | (1919-11-14)14 November 1919 London, United Kingdom |
Died | 26 December 1999(1999-12-26) (aged 80) London, United Kingdom |
Nationality | British |
Known for | Painting |
Prunella Clough (14 November 1919 – 26 December 1999) was a prominent Britishartist.
She is known mostly for her paintings, though she also made prints and created assemblages of collected objects. She was awarded the Jerwood Prize for painting, and received a retrospective exhibition at Tate Britain.
Background
Born on 14 November 1919 in Chelsea, London to an affluent upper-middle-class family, she was initially educated privately by her father, the poet Eric Taylor,[1] before enrolling as a part-time student at the Chelsea School of Art (now Chelsea College of Art and Design) in 1937.[2][3] In 1938, she took classes at Chelsea with the sc