Claerwen Laura James (born October 1970)[1] is a British painter.
Early life
editJames is the daughter of the Australian journalist Clive James and his wife, the scholar Prudence Shaw.[2] James studied zoology at the University of Oxford.[3]
Career
editJames specialises in portraiture, particularly of young people, painted from photographs rather than live sittings.[4]
James began painting during her undergraduate studies.[5] Following the completion of her academic studies, she decided to revert to her original passion for art[6] and between 1999 and 2003 enrolled on a painting course at the Slade School of Art.[6] Graduating in 2003, James gained a first-class degree, and was awarded the Melvill Nettleship Prize for Figure Composition.[7] From 2003 to 2004 she continued her studies at the Prince's Drawing School after obtaining a graduate bursary.[8] Her work is held in the permanent collection of the Scheringa Museum of Realist Art in Spanbroek, Netherlands,[9]
In addition to her paintings, James produces prints, utilising techniques that include block-printing and hand-stencilled silk screening.[10] She is one third of design partnership, Cambridge Imprint, where she has designed decorative patterns for the sleeves for Persephone Books,[11] and collaborated with heritage shoe brand Grenson[12] on a new printed design shoe.[13]
Bibliography
edit- Claerwen James [Catalogue of the exhibition held at Flowers 21 May– 26 June 2010] New York.
- Claerwen James [Catalogue of the exhibition held at Flowers 13 February– 16 March 2013] London.
Footnotes
edit- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ Vanessa Thorpe (10 February 2013). "Claerwen James: The art of being Clive James's daughter". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ Claerwen James – Biography, clivejames.com
- ^ "Clive James' daughter: From zoologist to artist at Flowers Gallery | Q&A". What's On? By Country & Town House Magazine. 24 March 2015. Archived from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Claerwen James at Flowers Gallery - Positive Magazine". Positive Magazine. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ a b Nick Curtis (28 February 2013). "My father is frail but he will be with us for some time - he has a very healthy ego". Evening Standard. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
- ^ "Claerwen James | The Royal Drawing School". The Royal Drawing School. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Claerwen James (b. 1970)". Christies. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "THREE IS THE MAGIC NUMBER". Selvedge Magazine. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "The Persephone Letter". 1 July 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Grenson | British designer shoes handmade for men & women since 1866". www.grenson.com. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Grenson Shoes collaborates with Persephone Books, Lamb's Conduit Street". www.maggieowenlondon.com. Retrieved 14 April 2018.