Unsung Heroines
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Catherine Olive Moody (1920-2009):
The beggars opera, circa 1940
Framed (ref: 4781)
Gouache
20.3 x 13.8 in. (51.5 x 35 cm)See all works by Catherine Olive Moody gouache allegory design theatre WOMEN
Provenance: The Artist's Estate
Catherine Moody was the daughter
of the artist Victor Hume Moody. She studied under him at Malvern School
of Art, at Royal College of Art with Gilbert Spencer and at Birmingham
College of Art under Bernard Fleetwood-Walker. She was particularly
drawn to the medium of pastel which she used with great originality,
often experimenting by combining it with other medium such as
silver-point. She taught at Manchester College of Art, then was head of
Malvern School of Art, 1962-80. She was a designer for Dent Allcroft
and wrote Silhouette of Malvern, 1953, and Painter's Workshop,
1982. Catherine Moody was especially drawn to working in pastel
producing interiors, compositions and portraits. She was a member of
Pastel Society and president of Malvern Art Club. She showed at PS and
RP. Worcester City Art Gallery and Malvern Festival Theatre hold her
work. She lived in Malvern, Worcestershire.
