Beatrice Glenavy was born in Dublin and began her studies at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art along with her sister Dorothy under sculptor John Hughes. She won the Queen’s Prize for drawing (1900) and the Taylor Art Scholarship (1901) which enabled her to travel to Paris for further studies. On her return to Dublin, Glenavy joined Sarah Purser’s glass studio An Tur Gloine for six years before moving to London in 1910 where she studied at the Slade School of Art under Wilson Steer and He
nry Tonks. Glenavy was elected RHA in 1934, where she had been exhibiting since 1902 and continued to do so up until the year of her death.
During her lifetime she also exhibited at the Leinster Lecture Hall, Dublin Painters Gallery (solo show in 1935) Victor Waddington Galleries (solo show in 1955), Ritchie Hendriks Gallery, Leinster Galleries in London, the Royal Academy and the Royal Scottish Academy. Her work can be found in the collections of the National Gallery of Ireland, Crawford Municipal Gallery, Ulster Museum, Hugh Lane and the Office of Public Works.
Beatrice Glenavy was included in the 2014 exhibition 'Irish Women Artists: 1870-1970'. Please click here to view the catalogue.
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