14 Facts About Clare Atwood

Clare "Tony" Atwood was a British painter of portraits, still life, landscapes, interiors and decorative flower subjects.

Clare Atwood was born in 1866 at Richmond, London, the only daughter of Frederick Clare Atwood, an architect, and his wife, Clara Becker.

Clare Atwood studied at Westminster School of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art.

Clare Atwood first exhibited at the New English Art Club in 1893, becoming a member in 1912.

Clare Atwood held an exhibition of her work at the Carfax Gallery in 1912.

The Fund arranged for Clare Atwood to visit the military camp at Folkestone in Kent to gather ideas for the work.

However, Clare Atwood decided instead to paint a scene at one of London's main railway stations where troops were waiting for trains to take them to camps or to the front.

Clare Atwood designed props for several of Edith Craig's productions with the Pioneer Players, including the 16 foot high crucifix for their production of Paul Claudel's The Hostage.

Clare Atwood occasionally performed at the Barn Theatre at Smallhythe Place in Kent, which was founded by Craig to stage performances in memory of her late mother, the actress Ellen Terry.

Clare Atwood acted in the matinee at the Palace Theatre, London on 23 April 1929, held to raise funds for the Ellen Terry Memorial.

In July 1932, Clare Atwood decorated the shoe for Craig's production of The Shoe in Tenterden.

Clare Atwood suffered a fractured femur, senile myocarditis and heart failure, and died at Kench Hill Nursing Home, Tenterden, Kent, on 2 August 1962.

Marshall and Clare Atwood are buried alongside each other at St John the Baptist's Church, Small Hythe.

Clare Atwood exhibited at the Royal Academy, and in 1940 one of her paintings was purchased by the National Art Gallery of New Zealand.