Marjorie Sherlock's painting Liverpool Street Station, now in the Government Art Collection, was first shown at the Royal Academy in 1917 and in 1987 was at 10 Downing Street when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
13 Facts About Marjorie Sherlock
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Marjorie Sherlock studied at the Westminster Technical Institute, a pupil of Walter Sickert and Harold Gilman; at the Slade School of Fine Art; and the Royal College of Art.
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Marjorie Sherlock's works were exhibited at the Royal Academy for 50 years.
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Marjorie Sherlock was a friend and travelling companion of Orovida Pissarro, the daughter of Lucien Pissarro.
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Alice Marjorie Sherlock was born to Alice Mary Sherlock and civil engineer Henry Alexander George Sherlock at Fir Tree Cottage, George Lane, Wanstead, Essex.
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Marjorie Sherlock grew her own vegetables and made her own clothes to supplement her limited income.
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Marjorie Sherlock died of a heart attack on 2 April 1973 at her house on Angela Court in Tipton St John, Devon.
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Gilman died in 1919, after only a short time as a teacher at Westminster, but by then he had inspired a loyal group of followers, including Mary Godwin, Ruth Doggett, and Marjorie Sherlock, who carried on with his approach into the 1920s and 1930s.
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Marjorie Sherlock studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and studied etching beginning in 1926 at the Royal College of Art.
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Marjorie Sherlock worked in Paris with Dunoyer de Segonzac and Andre Lhote.
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Marjorie Sherlock made oil paintings and copper etchings, in pen and ink, and in pencil.
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Marjorie Sherlock created detailed, complex works, like the etching Waterloo Station.
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Marjorie Sherlock's painting Liverpool Street, made in 1917, was in the 10 Downing Street collection in 1987, when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.