Paule vezelay biography of william
Paule vezelay biography of william
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Paule Vézelay
British painter (1892–1984)
Paule Vézelay (née Marjorie Watson-Williams; 1892–1984) was a British painter, known for her abstract art.[1][2][3][4]
Early life and education
Vézelay was born Marjorie Watson-Williams in Bristol, a daughter of a pioneering surgeon, Patrick Watson-Williams (1863–1938).[5] Before the First World War she trained for a short period at the Slade School of Fine Art and then at the London School of Art.
She also studied at Bristol School of Art and Chelsea Polytechnic.[6]
Life and work
Vézelay first gained recognition as a figurative painter, with her first London show in 1921.
She was invited to join the London Group in 1922.
Vézelay moved to France in 1926 and changed her name to Paule Vézelay possibly to identify herself with the School of Paris, although she is recorded as saying it was “for purely aesthetic reasons”.[6] In 1928 she abandoned figurati