Enid Peate

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Enid May Meredith Peate, née Cartwright, (1883–1954) was an English artist and craftworker, producing pieces in brass and leather.

Biography[edit]

Peate was born in the Willesden area of London, where her father was a chartered accountant.[1] She studied at the Willesden School of Art and at the Oswestry School of Art.[1][2] Peate qualified as an art teacher and alongside her teaching career created watercolour paintings, embroidery pieces and craft pieces in brass and leather.[2] She exhibited works at the Liverpool Academy of Arts, with the Liver Sketching Club and at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, which holds examples of her work.[2]

In 1915 she married Arthur Peate, a flour miller from Oswestry.[1] The couple had three children and later lived at Portmadoc in Caernarfonshire.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 2, M to Z. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.