Born at Whitworth, Lancashire UK
a cotton-mill-owning family,
Joan Hargreaves studied at the Rochdale
School of Art, then drawing and painting
with mural art at Manchester Municipal
School of Art. In 1946 she was awarded a
Royal Scholarship on entrance toLondon
Royal College of Art, where she studied until 1949.
Early in her career she was a member of
the Manchester Group. L.S. Lowry was a
fellow member; an acquaintance whom
she recalled attending meetings and
occasionally giving lectures after his
rounds as a rent collector. The Group,
chaired by her friend, the wood engraver
Margaret Pilkington of the philanthropic
Pilkington Glass family, met at the
Whitworth Art Gallery, at that time run by
Margaret Pilkington. Joan exhibited
regularly with the Manchester Group, at
Ned Owen's Mid-Day Studios and the
Manchester Ballet Club, in travelling Arts
Council exhibitions, the Manchester Art
Gallery, and the Whitworth Art Gallery
She also designed murals for UMIST.
She stayed inLondon until 1953,
her exhibitions would include those at
The Royal Albert Hall, and with the
London Group, while still exhibiting at
Manchester. She moved back to
Lancashire until the mid-1960s, when
she returned to London.
a cotton-mill-owning family,
Joan Hargreaves studied at the Rochdale
School of Art, then drawing and painting
with mural art at Manchester Municipal
School of Art. In 1946 she was awarded a
Royal Scholarship on entrance to
Royal College of Art, where she studied until 1949.
Early in her career she was a member of
the Manchester Group. L.S. Lowry was a
fellow member; an acquaintance whom
she recalled attending meetings and
occasionally giving lectures after his
rounds as a rent collector. The Group,
chaired by her friend, the wood engraver
Margaret Pilkington of the philanthropic
Pilkington Glass family, met at the
Whitworth Art Gallery, at that time run by
Margaret Pilkington. Joan exhibited
regularly with the Manchester Group, at
Ned Owen's Mid-Day Studios and the
Manchester Ballet Club, in travelling Arts
Council exhibitions, the M
She also designed murals for UMIST.
She stayed in
her exhibitions would include those at
The Royal Albert Hall, and with the
London Group, while still exhibiting at
Manchester. She moved back to
Lancashire until the mid-1960s, when
she returned to London.
She taught at various art schools and
colleges, and latterly lectured on anatomy
with movement at the Slade School of
Fine Art Summer School. In fact she was
an acknowledged authority on combining
these disciplines that were informed by her
association with the ballet; an expertise
rarely found nowadays. These were
encouraged for many years within her
own course ‘Anatomy, Life and Movement,'
the only one of its type inLondon
perhaps in theUK
attracted prosessional painters, sculptors,
architects, those studying within higher
and adult education, and gifted amateurs.
Joan Hargreaves never ceased working, latterly mainly drawing. As a respected
source on art anatomy and movement in figure drawing and painting, she offered
instruction regularly.
She continued to exhibit, with others and
in one-woman shows.
colleges, and latterly lectured on anatomy
with movement at the Slade School of
Fine Art Summer School. In fact she was
an acknowledged authority on combining
these disciplines that were informed by her
association with the ballet; an expertise
rarely found nowadays. These were
encouraged for many years within her
own course ‘Anatomy, Life and Movement,'
the only one of its type in
perhaps in the
attracted prosessional painters, sculptors,
architects, those studying within higher
and adult education, and gifted amateurs.
Joan Hargreaves never ceased working, latterly mainly drawing. As a respected
source on art anatomy and movement in figure drawing and painting, she offered
instruction regularly.
She continued to exhibit, with others and
in one-woman shows.
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