10 Facts About Edna Ginesi

Edna "Gin" Ginesi was a British painter, specialising in landscapes and nature studies.

Edna Ginesi studied at the Royal College of Art, and lived for most of her adult life in London.

Edna Ginesi was born in Leeds in 1902, and was of Italian descent.

Edna Ginesi studied at Leeds School of Art from 1920, before going to the Royal College of Art where she studied painting from 1921 to 1925.

In 1924, Edna Ginesi was awarded a West Riding Travelling Scholarship, which enabled her to visit the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, and France.

Edna Ginesi was a member of the "Twenties Group" founded by Lucy Wertheim.

Edna Ginesi exhibited work at the Royal Academy and in America.

Edna Ginesi's paintings were generally representational, with her style becoming more abstract from the 1960s onward.

In 1922, Edna Ginesi became engaged to the painter Raymond Coxon, who she had met at Leeds School of Art; she married him in 1926.

Coxon and Edna Ginesi lived in Hammersmith, London, over 60 years; from 1938 they owned a studio in Sussex.