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Gretta Bowen BIOGRAPHY
1880 - 1981. Known for: Naive, folk art painting.
Mother of artists George and Arthur Campbell, Gretta Bowen began painting shortly before her seventieth birthday and held her first solo exhibition in Belfast in 1955 at the gallery run by the... Read full biography
Mother of artists George and Arthur Campbell, Gretta Bowen began painting shortly before her seventieth birthday and held her first solo exhibition in Belfast in 1955 at the gallery run by the Council for Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA). In 1956 she held a solo exhibition with Victor... Read full biography
Mother of artists George and Arthur Campbell, Gretta Bowen began painting shortly before her seventieth birthday and held her first solo exhibition in Belfast in 1955 at the gallery run by the Council for Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA). In 1956 she held a solo exhibition with Victor Waddington in Dublin where her paintings attracted attention from the media for their innocence and colour effectiveness. Critics in the 1950's nicknamed her an Irish 'Grandma Moses' after the American... Read full biography
Mother of artists George and Arthur Campbell, Gretta Bowen began painting shortly before her seventieth birthday and held her first solo exhibition in Belfast in 1955 at the gallery run by the Council for Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA). In 1956 she held a solo exhibition with Victor Waddington in Dublin where her paintings attracted attention from the media for their innocence and colour effectiveness. Critics in the 1950's nicknamed her an Irish 'Grandma Moses' after the American folk artist Anna Mary Roberson (1860-1961) 'Grandma Moses' who began painting in her late seventies. Naïve in style, Bowen's crowded paintings usually depict gay memories of her childhood in Dublin. Children at play, a sports day, a fun fair or a... Read full biography
Mother of artists George and Arthur Campbell, Gretta Bowen began painting shortly before her seventieth birthday and held her first solo exhibition in Belfast in 1955 at the gallery run by the Council for Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA). In 1956 she held a solo exhibition with Victor Waddington in Dublin where her paintings attracted attention from the media for their innocence and colour effectiveness. Critics in the 1950's nicknamed her an Irish 'Grandma Moses' after the American folk artist Anna Mary Roberson (1860-1961) 'Grandma Moses' who began painting in her late seventies. Naïve in style, Bowen's crowded paintings usually depict gay memories of her childhood in Dublin. Children at play, a sports day, a fun fair or a procession representing her girlhood which are full of exuberance and delight. Other solo exhibit... Read full biography
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Mother of artists George and Arthur Campbell, Gretta Bowen began painting shortly before her seventieth birthday and held her first solo exhibition in Belfast in 1955 at the gallery run by the Council for Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA).
In 1956 she held a solo exhibition with Victor Waddington in Dublin where her paintings attracted attention from the media for their innocence and colour effectiveness. Critics in the 1950's nicknamed her an Irish 'Grandma Moses' after the American folk artist Anna Mary Roberson (1860-1961) 'Grandma Moses' who began painting in her late seventies.
Naïve in style, Bowen's crowded paintings usually depict gay memories of her childhood in Dublin. Childre...But wait, there's more...
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