Brynhild Parker

Brynhild Parker
Brynhild Parker
Born	1907
Died	1987 (aged 79–80)
Nationality	British
Occupations	Illustrator; Painter;

Margaret Brynhild Parker (1907–1987) was a British illustrator and painter, and part of the East London Group.^[1] She signed herself Brynhild Parker.^[2]

She studied at the Slade School of Art from 1925 to 1928.^[2]

As well as painting, she illustrated books and designed advertising posters for Shell.^[3]

She moved to France in the 1940s, which influenced her style of painting, and spent the last years of her life in Antibes.^[2] She died in 1987.^[1]

Her painting The Entrance to the Port was exhibited at the Lefevre Gallery in 1938.^[4] Her works are in a number of collections, including those of Beecroft Art Gallery, Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery, Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, Manchester Art Gallery and the Ulster Museum.^[1] Shell posters using her designs are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City,^[5] and the Victoria and Albert Museum.^[6]

Works illustrated

Thomson, Margaret R. (1925). Threads in the Web of Life.
Thomson, Margaret R. (1941). Pond and River Life.
Noble, Ernest (1945). Larry Goes Exploring. George Lapworth & Co.
Noble, Ernest (1947). Larry And Dennis Get Into Mischief. George Lapworth & Co.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Artworks by or after Brynhild Parker at the Art UK site
^ ^a ^b ^c "Margaret Brynhild Parker The Evening news". Sotheby's. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
^ Buckman, David (2012). From Bow to Biennale: Artists of the East London Group. Francis Boutle Publishers. p. 144. ISBN 9781903427682.
^ "From Bow to Biennale - Artists of the East London Group". Abbott and Holder. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
^ "Brynhild Parker. The Quay, Appledore. Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure of Shell. 1932". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
^ "Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure of Shell". Retrieved 18 March 2017.

External links

Artworks by or after Brynhild Parker at the Art UK site
Leytonstone Arts Trail - includes a 1932 photograph of Parker at Lefevre Galleries on page 5
"A Day in the Life of an Artist's Model". Picture Post. January 1939. - photograph 6 shows Parker sketching a life model

[ArtUK-1] Artworks by or after Brynhild Parker at the Art UK site

[Sotheby's-2] "Margaret Brynhild Parker The Evening news". Sotheby's. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

[Buckman-3] Buckman, David (2012). From Bow to Biennale: Artists of the East London Group. Francis Boutle Publishers. p. 144. ISBN 9781903427682.

[AH-4] "From Bow to Biennale - Artists of the East London Group". Abbott and Holder. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

[MoMA-Shell-5] "Brynhild Parker. The Quay, Appledore. Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure of Shell. 1932". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

[VA-Shell-6] "Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure of Shell". Retrieved 18 March 2017.

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