Jacqueline Stanley

Jacqueline Stanley, HRHA, ARCA (17 September 1928 – 12 December 2022) was a British and Irish painter and printmaker.

Jacqueline Stanley
Born(1928-09-17)17 September 1928
Camberwell, London, England
Died12 December 2022(2022-12-12) (aged 94)
Cooden, Sussex, England
Education
SpouseCampbell Bruce
Websitewww.jacquelinestanley.com

Biography

Stanley was born in Camberwell, London on 17 September 1928.

Stanley studied at Beckenham College of Art and the Royal College of Art, London (1949–1952).[1] Her fellow RCA students included Edward Middleditch, Jack Smith, John Bratby and Sheila Robinson. She was tutored by John Minton, Ruskin Spear, Carel Weight and Francis Bacon who gave her, her first glass of Champagne.

In 1975, she moved to Ireland and taught at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin to 1990.

Stanley was married to Campbell Bruce (1927–2014).[2] Both Bruce and Stanley were well known artists in Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s.[3] Stanley was also an art teacher and taught Ian Dury.[4]

Stanley exhibited widely[5][6] and much of her work is in major public[7] and private collections.

Stanley died in Cooden, Sussex on 12 December 2022, at the age of 94.[8][9][10]

Awards and honours
  • 1950 Royal College of Art Sketch club Award 1st prize in painting
  • 1950 Young Contemporaries 1st prize (shared with Donald Hamilton Fraser)
  • 1968 1st Prize for Painting Lord Mayor's Art Award
  • 1972 Lord Mayor's Exhibition, Guildhall, London Print Award
  • 1975 Showed at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
  • 1982 Founder member of Black Church Print Studio, Dublin.
  • 1987 Taiwan International Print (Jury Award)
  • 2018 Awarded Honorary Royal Hibernian Academician

References
  1. "Stanley, Jacqueline, b.1928 | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. "Ireland's collector couple: 194 diverse artworks to go on sale". The Irish Times. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  3. O'Riordan, Alan (23 February 2015). "Fitting tribute to one of Ireland's great art educators". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  4. "Art of apple blossom time". independent. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  5. "Jacqueline Stanley: Attuned to the rhythms of the land". The Irish Times. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  6. "Jacqueline Stanley ARCA: About". jacquelinestanley.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  7. "Leadenhall Market - Jacqueline Stanley". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  8. siteadmin (16 December 2022). "Jacqueline Stanley". Jacqueline Stanley. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  9. "Gallery News - Rye Art Gallery". www.ryeartgallery.co.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  10. "Jacqueline Bruce HRHA (née Stanley) death notice". The Times. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023. (subscription required)
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