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1914 Dundee, South Africa - 2007 Cape Town, South Africa. Known for: Mural painting, mosaics, tapestries, and design..
Eleanor Esmonde-White (1914 - 2007). Eleanor Frances Esmonde-White was born in 1914 in Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal, where she received her early education. She began her art studies at the University of... Read full biography
Eleanor Esmonde-White (1914 - 2007). Eleanor Frances Esmonde-White was born in 1914 in Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal, where she received her early education. She began her art studies at the University of Natal in 1932, and was granted a scholarship to continue studying at the Royal College of Art in... Read full biography
Eleanor Esmonde-White (1914 - 2007). Eleanor Frances Esmonde-White was born in 1914 in Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal, where she received her early education. She began her art studies at the University of Natal in 1932, and was granted a scholarship to continue studying at the Royal College of Art in London from 1935 to 1936. While in London she and Le Roux Smith Le Roux worked on a commission to decorate the walls of the new South African Embassy in Trafalgar Square. Following the completion of the... Read full biography
Eleanor Esmonde-White (1914 - 2007). Eleanor Frances Esmonde-White was born in 1914 in Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal, where she received her early education. She began her art studies at the University of Natal in 1932, and was granted a scholarship to continue studying at the Royal College of Art in London from 1935 to 1936. While in London she and Le Roux Smith Le Roux worked on a commission to decorate the walls of the new South African Embassy in Trafalgar Square. Following the completion of the mural and her art studies, Esmonde-White received the Herbert Baker Scholarship to study mural painting in London. She returned to South Africa in 1938, and joined the New Group that same year - she would remain part of the Group until 1954. In 1949... Read full biography
Eleanor Esmonde-White (1914 - 2007). Eleanor Frances Esmonde-White was born in 1914 in Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal, where she received her early education. She began her art studies at the University of Natal in 1932, and was granted a scholarship to continue studying at the Royal College of Art in London from 1935 to 1936. While in London she and Le Roux Smith Le Roux worked on a commission to decorate the walls of the new South African Embassy in Trafalgar Square. Following the completion of the mural and her art studies, Esmonde-White received the Herbert Baker Scholarship to study mural painting in London. She returned to South Africa in 1938, and joined the New Group that same year - she would remain part of the Group until 1954. In 1949 Esmonde-White took up a position lecturing design at the Michaelis School of Fine Art where she taught for 12 years. She had her first solo... Read full biography
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Eleanor Esmonde-White (1914 - 2007)
Eleanor Frances Esmonde-White was born in 1914 in Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal, where she received her early education. She began her art studies at the University of Natal in 1932, and was granted a scholarship to continue studying at the Royal College of Art in London from 1935 to 1936. While in London she and Le Roux Smith Le Roux worked on a commission to decorate the walls of the new South African Embassy in Trafalgar Square. Following the completion of the mural and her art studies, Esmonde-White received the Herbert Baker Scholarship to study mural painting in London.
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