Evelyn Dunbar

Evelyn Dunbar
Born(1906-12-18)18 December 1906
Reading, England
Died12 May 1960(1960-05-12) (aged 53)
Hastingleigh, Wye, Kent, England
EducationRoyal College of Art
Known forPainting, murals, illustration

Evelyn Mary Dunbar (18 December 1906 – 12 May 1960) was a British artist, illustrator and teacher.[1] She is notable for recording women's contributions to World War II on the United Kingdom home front, particularly the work of the Women's Land Army. She was the only woman working for the War Artists' Advisory Committee on a full-time salaried basis. Dunbar had a deep devotion to nature and a particular affection for the landscape of Kent. Dunbar was modest regarding her achievements and outside of the post-war mainstream art world which has led to some neglect of her work until recent years.[2][3] She painted murals at Brockley County Secondary School, and was a member of the Society of Mural Painters. After the war she painted portraits, allegorical pictures and especially landscapes. She attempted a return to mural painting in 1958 with a commission at Bletchley Park Teacher Training College (which was renamed Lady Spencer-Churchill College, and finally incorporated into Oxford Brookes University),[4] but was unable to fulfil the original specification.[5]

  1. ^ David Buckman (1998). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-95326-095-X.
  2. ^ Gill Clarke (2006). Evelyn Dunbar:War and Country (Description/Abstract). Sansom. ISBN 9781904537564. Retrieved 26 February 2014 – via University of Southampton.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference EDWaC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Bletchley Park College". 1944–1967. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  5. ^ Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-106-6.