Charlotte Verity
{{Short description|British painter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Charlotte Verity
| image = CV in studio 16.4.18 3 copy.tif
| caption = Charlotte Verity in her studio, 2018
| birth_name = Charlotte Verity
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|06|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = RAF Wegberg, West Germany
| nationality = British
| field = Painting, printmaking
}}
Charlotte Verity, Lady Le Brun (born 1 June 1954) is a British painter and printmaker. She lives and works in Somerset, England. In 2016, a monograph on her work, titled Charlotte Verity, was published by Ridinghouse.
Biography
Born in Germany, Verity studied at the Slade School of Art from 1973 to 1977, receiving a prize in her final year.{{cite book|author=David Buckman|publisher=Art Dictionaries Ltd|year=2006|title=Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 2, M to Z |isbn=0-953260-95-X}} In 1978, she was awarded a Boise travelling scholarship, which she used to study in Italy.{{cite book|author=Frances Spalding|author-link=Frances Spalding|publisher=Antique Collectors' Club|year=1990|title=20th Century Painters and Sculptors |isbn=1-85149-106-6}}
Verity has participated in group exhibitions such as the John Moores Painting Prize, the Whitechapel Gallery Open, the Hayward Annual,Hayward Annual 1982 British Drawing (London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1982 [ISBN 9780728703247]) the Discerning Eye{{Cite web |date=2013 |title=The Discerning Eye Exhibition 2013 |url=http://www.discerningeye.org/archive/2013/2013_10.php?ltr=V |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715205605/http://www.discerningeye.org/archive/2013/2013_10.php?ltr=V |archive-date=15 July 2021 |access-date=12 July 2021 |website=The Discerning Eye}} and the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition.{{Cite web|title=Summer Exhibition Explorer 2020|url=https://se.royalacademy.org.uk/2018/artworks/charlotte-verity/1058|access-date=2021-07-12|website=se.royalacademy.org.uk}}
She has held solo exhibitions at Anne Berthoud Gallery{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG17404|title = Collections Online | British Museum}} (1984, 1988, 1990), Browse and Darby{{Cite web | url=https://www.browseanddarby.co.uk/exhibitions/gallery-artists-7/ | title=Gallery Artists | Browse and Darby }} (1998, 2002, 2007), Purdy Hicks Gallery (2016),{{Cite web|url=https://www.purdyhicks.com/exhibitions/35-charlotte-verity-new-paintings/works/|title = Works - Charlotte Verity}} the Garden Museum in London (2011 and 2018),{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=Past Exhibition: Charlotte Verity: In Their Garden |url=https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/exhibitions/coming-soon-charlotte-verity-garden/ |website=Garden Museum}} and the New Art Centre in Wiltshire (2019).
In 2001, Verity joined the faculty of the Royal Drawing School in London, where she continues to teach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.royaldrawingschool.org/artists/faculty/charlotte-verity/|title = Charlotte Verity}} In 2010, she was commissioned by Sir John Soane’s Museum to paint a portrait of its former director, Margaret Richardson.{{Cite web|url=https://collections.soane.org/object-xp60|title = XP60}}
A monograph on her work, Charlotte Verity, was published by Ridinghouse in 2016, featuring texts by artist Garry Fabian Miller, art historian Paul Hills,{{Cite web|url=https://courtauld.ac.uk/people/paul-hills|title=Paul Hills}} and artist Edmund de Waal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cornerhousepublications.org/publications/charlotte-verity/|title=Charlotte Verity|access-date=12 February 2021|archive-date=4 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304210232/https://www.cornerhousepublications.org/publications/charlotte-verity/|url-status=dead}}
She has held residencies at institutions including the Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne and the Garden Museum in London.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/8394954/Garden-Museum-delicate-delights-of-the-passing-seasons.html "Garden Museum: delicate delights of the passing seasons"], The Telegraph, accessed 16 January 2023.Charlotte Verity, A Year in Tradescant's Garden, exhibition catalogue by Tim Harvey, published by the Garden Museum.[https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/6626 "Duchess of Cornwall visits Garden Museum"], London SE1, accessed 16 January 2023.
Her work is held in public collections including the Arts Council Collection (UK), Deutsche Bank, the Garden Museum (London), the Museum of Contemporary Art (San Diego), Sir John Soane’s Museum (London), Tate Education, and University College London.{{Art UK bio|nocount=1}}
Verity is married to artist Sir Christopher Le Brun, and they have three children.[https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-16105958 "Christopher Le Brun becomes Royal Academy president"], BBC News, 9 December 2011.
Public collections
- Arthur Anderson & Co
- Arts Council Englandhttp://www.artscouncilcollection.org.uk/loadWork.do?id=1357{{Dead link|date=August 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Arts Council Collection
- Derby Museum and Art Gallery
- Deutsche Bank
- Eastern Arts Association
- Electra Investment Trust
- Garden Museum, London[https://www.countrylife.co.uk/countryside/article/517978/Art-to-see-this-March.html Best art exhibitions for early March 2011 | Countryside | Houses for sale, properties for sale - Country Life]
- Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
- Paintings in Hospitals, UK
- St George's Hospital, London
- Sir John Soane's Museum[https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/246957/0434.pdf "Sir John Soane's Museum", Annual Report, 2012]
- Stanhope Properties
- Tate Education
- Unilever
- University College London
- Westminster School
References
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External links
- {{Art UK bio}}
- [http://www.charlotteverity.co.uk Biography]. Accessed 16 January 2023.
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Category:20th-century British painters
Category:20th-century English women
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Category:21st-century English women
Category:Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art
Category:English women painters