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Valerie Thornton

Valerie Thornton (1931 - 1991) was active/lived in New York / England.  Valerie Thornton is known for Painting, printmaking.

Suffolk-based etcher and print-maker, Valerie Thornton was born in London and initially attended Elinor Birley's Primary School, Charterhouse, before being evacuated to Montreal, Canada with her two brothers during the war years. Returned to London 1944 to continue her education and began art school training at the Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting (1949), later qualifying at Regent Street Polytechnic under P F Millard.

Became attracted to the work of Winifed Nicholson after receiving one of her paintings as a 21st birthday present. During this period, she began her long love affair with architecture, after visiting a photographic exhibition featuring details of church buildings. She also became interested in the work of English romantics such as Stanley Spencer and Graham Sutherland. Equally influential was S.W. Hayter's film about the revolutionary etching work being done at his Atelier 17 workshop in Paris, which led her to undertake an eight-month residency with Hayte   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5197 characters.]  Artist bio

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"January Woods"

Valerie Thornton

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The harbour, Britanny

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The Village , c. 1956-7

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Lot 369
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Wymondham Abbey , 1960

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'Athens - Parthenon V - Erechtheum'

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Lot 712
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Church

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