14 Facts About Camille Souter

Camille Souter lived and worked on Achill Island and was a Saoi of Aosdana.

Camille Souter received a general education at Glengara Park School in Dun Laoghaire.

Camille Souter originally trained as a nurse at Guy's Hospital in London.

Camille Souter began painting, after attending art classes as part of occupational therapy whilst she recovered from tuberculosis on the Isle of Wight.

Camille Souter returned to London and completed her nursing studies in 1952, before abandoning the profession in favour of painting.

Camille Souter's name '"Camille" was a nickname given to her by her first husband, the actor Gordon Souter, after the heroine of Alexandre Dumas' La Dame aux Camelias.

Camille Souter married the sculptor Frank Morris in 1960 and moved to Enniskerry, County Wicklow before settling at Calary Bog.

Camille Souter died at the Dublin residence of her daughter, Natasha, on 3 March 2023.

Camille Souter won a scholarship that took her back to Italy for a year in 1958.

Camille Souter had works simultaneously in a two-person exhibition with Barrie Cooke at the Ulster Museum in 1965, whilst showing eight works at the New Gallery on Belfast's Grosvenor Road, including Northern Plains, Town Creeping Out, and Trains and All That.

Camille Souter is an artist who avoids prettiness while seeking beauty.

Camille Souter exhibited frequently with the Irish Exhibition of Living Art since 1953, the Independent Artists since 1960, and with the Oireachtas since 1970, where she won the 1973 Landscape Prize.

Camille Souter won many awards including the Tony O'Malley award in 1998, and the Irish Museum of Modern Art's Distinguished Career Award in 2000.

Camille Souter was elected Saoi of Aosdana in 2008, where she was first elected a member in 1981.