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Jacqueline Stanley

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Jacqueline Stanley
Born1928 (1928)
Camberwell, London, England
Died12 December 2022(2022-12-12) (aged 93–94)
Cooden, Sussex, England
Education
SpouseCampbell Bruce
Websitejacquelinestanley.com

Jacqueline Stanley, HRHA, ARCA (1928–2022) was a British and Irish painter and printmaker.

Biography

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Stanley was born in London in 1928.[1]

Stanley studied at Beckenham College of Art and the Royal College of Art, London (1949–1952).[2] Her fellow RCA students included Edward Middleditch, Jack Smith, John Bratby and Sheila Robinson. She was tutored by John Minton, Ruskin Spear, Carel Weight and Francis Bacon, who gave her her first glass of champagne.[citation needed]

In 1975, she moved to Ireland and taught at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin until 1990.[citation needed]

Stanley was married to Campbell Bruce (1927–2014).[3] Both Bruce and Stanley were well known artists in Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s.[4] Stanley was also an art teacher and taught Ian Dury.[5]

Stanley exhibited widely[6][7] and much of her work is in major public[8] and private collections.

Stanley died in Cooden, Sussex, on 12 December 2022, at the age of 94.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Jacqueline Stanley". Catherine Hammond Fine Arts. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Stanley, Jacqueline, b.1928 | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Ireland's collector couple: 194 diverse artworks to go on sale". The Irish Times. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  4. ^ O'Riordan, Alan (23 February 2015). "Fitting tribute to one of Ireland's great art educators". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Art of apple blossom time". independent. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Jacqueline Stanley: Attuned to the rhythms of the land". The Irish Times. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Jacqueline Stanley ARCA: About". jacquelinestanley.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Leadenhall Market - Jacqueline Stanley". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Jacqueline Bruce HRHA (née Stanley) death notice". The Times. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023. (subscription required)