Blois was born at Cockfield Hall at Yoxford in Suffolk into the Blois family. Her father was Sir Ralph Barrett MacNaghten Blois, a baronet, and her mother was Winifred Grace Blois née Kennard.[1] Flavia Blois studied art in London, first at the Chelsea School of Art and then at the Euston Road School.[2][3] She studied in Paris during 1939 and 1940 after which she turned away from portrait painting to depicting landscapes and street scenes.[2] Blois painted many landscapes in the East Anglia countryside, usually working in oils in her studio from ink notes made outdoors.[2] She exhibited at the Royal Academy on a regular basis and with both the London Group and the New English Art Club.[3] During her career she had three solo gallery shows.[2]
flavia, blois, flavia, joan, blois, later, baroness, burntwood, december, 1914, march, 1980, british, landscape, artist, right, honourablethe, lady, burntwoodborn, 1914, december, 1914yoxford, suffolk, englanddied28, march, 1980, 1980, aged, westminster, londo. Flavia Ria Joan Blois later Baroness Burntwood 28 December 1914 28 March 1980 was a British landscape artist 1 The Right HonourableThe Lady BurntwoodBorn 1914 12 28 28 December 1914Yoxford Suffolk EnglandDied28 March 1980 1980 03 28 aged 65 Westminster London EnglandEducationChelsea School of ArtEuston Road SchoolKnown forPaintingSpouseJulian Snow Baron Burntwood m 1948 wbr Biography EditBlois was born at Cockfield Hall at Yoxford in Suffolk into the Blois family Her father was Sir Ralph Barrett MacNaghten Blois a baronet and her mother was Winifred Grace Blois nee Kennard 1 Flavia Blois studied art in London first at the Chelsea School of Art and then at the Euston Road School 2 3 She studied in Paris during 1939 and 1940 after which she turned away from portrait painting to depicting landscapes and street scenes 2 Blois painted many landscapes in the East Anglia countryside usually working in oils in her studio from ink notes made outdoors 2 She exhibited at the Royal Academy on a regular basis and with both the London Group and the New English Art Club 3 During her career she had three solo gallery shows 2 In 1948 Blois married Julian Snow who in 1970 became a Life peer as Baron Burntwood having previously been the Labour Party MP for Lichfield and Tamworth 1 Blois died in 1980 at Westminster in central London 1 References Edit a b c d BLOIS Flavia Ria Joan Suffolk Artists Retrieved 30 August 2018 a b c d Grant M Waters 1975 Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900 1950 Eastbourne Fine Art a b Frances Spalding 1990 20th Century Painters and Sculptors Antique Collectors Club ISBN 1 85149 106 6 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Flavia Blois amp oldid 1114691096, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
