Joan Manning-Sanders was a British artist regarded as a child prodigy.
16 Facts About Joan Manning-Sanders
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Joan Manning-Sanders's father was George Manning-Sanders, a writer of short stories.
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Between 1914 and 1927, the Joan Manning-Sanders family lived in Bude and Newlyn, Midhurst, Catchall, Sennen Cove, and Grasse, France.
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Joan Manning-Sanders was encouraged by Bridge to visualise and draw her Bible with added inspiration from nature and books.
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Joan Manning-Sanders drew pictures of King Harold and King Canute to illustrate her history lessons.
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When Joan Manning-Sanders was 11, her work was commended by Father Bernard Walke of St Hilary's Church, Cornwall.
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Joan Manning-Sanders commissioned her to paint a set of six watercolours of the New Testament for the church.
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Around this time, Joan Manning-Sanders was given her own studio next to the sea.
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Aged 13, Joan Manning-Sanders had her paintings The Pedlar and David and The Globe featured in the Young Artists' section of an exhibition organised by The Daily Express.
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Joan Manning-Sanders's paintings were regularly accepted into the Royal Academy of Arts until the 1930s and gained her a reputation as a child prodigy.
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In 1929, Joan Manning-Sanders was the youngest exhibitor at the Royal Academy for the second year.
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In 1930, aged 17, Joan Manning-Sanders's work was accepted into the Academy for the third time.
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Joan Manning-Sanders's painting was a life-size picture of her brother, David.
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In 1938 Joan Manning-Sanders married Roderick Pierre Floyd, a fellow artist.
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Joan Manning-Sanders had works featured with the New English Art Club, Society of Women Artists, Royal Society of Arts, and the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.
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Joan Manning-Sanders later moved to Canada for a decade and practised as a portrait painter, after which she moved back to England and helped her mother research folk and fairy tales.