Edith Alice Andrews

British artist

George Frow Andrews

(m. 1912)

Edith Alice Andrews (née Cubitt; 1873–1958) was a British painter and illustrator.

Biography

Andrews was born in Deptford to Kate and Herbert Cubitt, who were from Surrey and Norfolk respectively.^[1] Andrews studied at Goldsmiths' College of Art in London and won a number of medals and prizes while a student.^[2] During her career, Andrews illustrated books, including children's books, for several publishers including the Oxford University Press, Cassell, Blackie and Son and Ernest Nister.^[1] She also created flower paintings, portrait pictures and miniatures.^[3] One of her designs was used as publicity by the Great Western Railway.^[2]

Andrews was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy in London between 1905 and 1954 and with the Society of Women Artists during the 1920s.^[1] She also exhibited with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, at the Paris Salon and at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.^[3]^[2] Andrews lived at High Wycombe for a time and then at Pembury in Kent.^[3] The Victoria and Albert Museum in London holds examples of her book illustrations.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Sara Gray (2019). British Women Artists. A Biographical Dictionary of 1000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts. Dark River. ISBN 978-1-911121-63-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
^ ^a ^b ^c Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
^ "Search the Collection;- Edith A Cubitt". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 11 February 2020.