MARGARET THOMAS
and
JULIE NOAD
An Interior View - Oils

MARGARET THOMAS

1916

Born September 26, London

1934-6

Studied at Sidcup Art School

1936-8

Scholarship to the Slade School of Fine Art

1938-9

Studied at the Royal Academy Schools under Thomas Mannington and Ernest Jackson

1941-4

1941-4 Worked on a dairy farm, then in an apiary, in Wiltshire

1943

First work - Still Life of Norfolk Ham - exhibited at the Royal Academy. Later showed in the Summer Exhibition for 46 consecutive years

1947

Elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists

1949

First solo exhibition at the Leicester Galleries, London (second show 1951)

1951

Elected a member of the New English Art Club and has shown with the group annually ever since

1952

First solo exhibition at Aitken Dotts, later the Scottish Gallery, in Edinburgh (further shows 1955, 1966, 1982)

1956

Bought a studio in Edinburgh overlooking The Mound

1961

Edinburgh Festival exhibition at the Outlook Tower. Exhibition at the Canaletto Gallery, London

1963

Exhibition at Howard Roberts Gallery, Cardiff

1964

Exhibition at The Minories, Colchester

1967

Exhibition at Queen's University Belfast (second Belfast show, at the Octagon Gallery, 1973)

1971

Awarded the De Lazlo Medal by the Royal Society of British Artists (and
again in 1996)

1972

Bought The Watch House on the quay at Orford as her first studio in East Anglia. Exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London

1977

Exhibition at Gallery Paton, Edinburgh

1981

Winner of the Hunting Group Award for the Oil Painting of the Year

1982

Exhibition at Snape Maltings Concert Hall Gallery, Suffolk

1984

Moved to a converted watermill in Norfolk

1988

First exhibition with Sally Hunter Fine Art, London (further shows 1991, 1995 and 1998)

1992

Exhibition at the Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

2001

First solo exhibition at Messums Messums

2004

"E. Anglian Painters & Sculptors"
Showed in RBA, RWA and NEAC annual shows, every year since election to membership
Bankside "New English" show in summer, and in Cardiff, Albany Gallery

2005

In February showed in the Hunting Group 25th Anniversary Show at thE Royal College in London. Was feted as the "oldest surviving winner" (1981 Wni). There was full TV coverage!

2005

Chappel Galleries

Innumerable group exhibitions include the New English Art Club, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal West of England Academy, Royal Scottish Academy, Women's International Art Club, Scottish Society of Women Artists and Aldeburgh 100

PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

The Royal Collection
Tate Britain
National Library of Wales
Arts Council
Government Art Collection
Exeter College, Oxford
Bath University
City Art Gallery, Carlisle
Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
Wakefield Art Gallery
Paisley Art Gallery
County education authorities across England and Wales
Edinburgh City Council
Nuffield Foundation for Hospitals
Financial Times
Royal Scottish Orchestra
Robert Heming Ltd
Mitsukoshi Ltd, Tokyo
Warburg & Co
LIoyds of London

JULIE NOAD

1955

Born in Essex

1978

Moved to Suffolk

ART EDUCATION

1975-78

Camberwell School of Art

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1998,2005

Chappel Galleries, Essex

1999,2003

The John Russell Gallery, Suffolk

MIXED EXHIBITIONS

1978

South London Gallery

1979-95

Yoxford Gallery, Yoxford, Suffolk

1983

Clockhouse Group, Suffolk
Forbes Gallery, Suffolk

1987

Aldeburgh Cinema Gallery, Suffolk

1990-93

Suffolk Open Studios, Suffolk

1994

Regent Road Arts Centre, Suffolk

1996

Dennis Taplin Gallery, Suffolk
School House Gallery, Suffolk
Coach House Gallery, Suffolk

1997

Langham Fine Art, Walsham Ie Willows, Suffolk
Chappel Galleries, Essex

1999-2001

New English Art Club, Mall Galleries, London

1999-2004

John Russell Gallery, Ipswich, Suffolk

2002

Strand Gallery, Suffolk
Cork Brick Gallery, Suffolk
Halo Gallery, Suffolk

2003

Buckenham House Gallery, Southwold, Suffolk
The Roland Goslett Gallery, Richmond, London

2004

21st Century Gallery, Bungay, Suffolk
Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk

2005

The Society of Women Artists, Mall Galleries, London

PUBLICATIONS

Illustrations and book covers for poetry books and magazines; Agenda and PN Review; 'Who's Who in Art', 2002, 2004; The New English Art Club Exhibitors 1886-2001.