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{{Short description|English textile artist and painter (1938–2020)}}
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| birth_place = [[Harrow]], England
| birth_place = [[Harrow, London|Harrow]], England
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| death_place = Cambridgeshire, England
| death_place = Cambridgeshire, England
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| other_names = Mary Green
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'''Mary Cozens-Walker''' (married name '''Mary Green''', 11 August 1938 – 4 July 2020) was an English textile artist and painter best known for her three-dimensional works pertaining to her own domestic life. She exhibited in the UK, Japan, and the United States.
'''Mary Cozens-Walker''' (married name '''Mary Green''', 11 August 1938 – 4 July 2020) was an English textile artist and painter best known for her three-dimensional works pertaining to her own domestic life. She exhibited in the United Kingdom, Japan, and the United States. She has appeared as a model in about 600 paintings. Her own work is in national collections and paintings of her are also in national collections.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Mary Cozens-Walker was born on 11 August 1938 in [[Harrow]], Middlesex<ref name="fry_obit" />. She was educated at [[North London Collegiate School]], London (where she was taught by [[Peggy Angus]])<ref name="fry_obit" /> and the [[Slade School of Art]]<ref name="fry_obit" /> (where her contemporaries included [[Mario Dubsky]], [[Dorothy Mead]] and [[Dennis Creffield]] and future RAs [[Ben Levene]], [[Patrick Procktor]] and [[Anthony Green (painter)|Anthony Green]]). Her tutors at the Slade included [[William Coldstream]], [[Cecil Beaton]], [[Lucien Freud]], [[Sam Carter]], [[L.S. Lowry]] and [[David Bomberg]]<ref name="fry_obit" />.
Mary Cozens-Walker was born on 11 August 1938 in [[Harrow, London|Harrow]], Middlesex.<ref name="fry_obit" /> She was educated at [[North London Collegiate School]], London (where she was taught by [[Peggy Angus]])<ref name="fry_obit" /> and the [[Slade School of Art]]<ref name="fry_obit" /> (where her contemporaries included [[Mario Dubsky]], [[Dorothy Mead]] and [[Dennis Creffield]] and future RAs [[Ben Levene]], [[Patrick Procktor]] and [[Anthony Green (painter)|Anthony Green]]). Her tutors at the Slade included [[William Coldstream]], [[Cecil Beaton]], [[Lucian Freud]], [[L.S. Lowry]] and [[David Bomberg]].<ref name="fry_obit" />


In 1961 she married [[Anthony Green (painter)|Anthony Green]]<ref name="fry_obit" />, and they had two daughters, Kate and Lucy. In 1967 she traveled to America when Green received a [[Harkness Fellowship]] and spent two years living in [[Leonia, New Jersey]] and [[Altadena, California]]<ref name="fry_obit" />.
In 1961 she married Anthony Green,<ref name="fry_obit" /> and they had two daughters, Kate and Lucy. In 1967 she traveled to America when Green received a [[Harkness Fellowship]] and spent two years living in [[Leonia, New Jersey]] and [[Altadena, California]].<ref name="fry_obit" />


==Professional life==
==Professional life==
Cozens-Walker's early artistic influences included [[Stanley Spencer]], [[Piero della Francesca]] and the [[Euston Road School]]. As she developed her style, [[fairground]] art, ship's [[Figurehead_(object)|figureheads]] and [[stumpwork]] also began to be referenced in her work<ref name="fry_obit" />.
Cozens-Walker's early artistic influences included [[Stanley Spencer]], [[Piero della Francesca]] and the [[Euston Road School]]. As she developed her style, fairground art, ship's [[Figurehead (object)|figureheads]] and [[stumpwork]] also began to be referenced in her work.<ref name="fry_obit" />


In the 1960s and 1970s Cozens-Walker continued to paint, but found it more and more constrictive. She had begun to experiment with stitching in America, and embroidery via individual projects, and this led to her seeking professional advice from the [[Royal School of Needlework]]. Cozens-Walker returned to education in 1981 to complete a postgraduate Diploma in Embroidery and Textiles at [[Goldsmiths, University of London|Goldsmiths]].<ref>Cozens-Walker, autobiographical note within "[http://www.ruthincraftcentre.org.uk/downloads/Goldsmiths_information_pack.pdf Rendezvous Goldsmiths: A Celebration of Goldsmiths College – Textile Department 1975-88]" (PDF), Ruthin Craft Centre.</ref>
In the 1960s and 1970s Cozens-Walker continued to paint, but found it more and more constrictive. She had begun to experiment with stitching in America, and embroidery via individual projects, and this led to her seeking professional advice from the [[Royal School of Needlework]]. Cozens-Walker returned to education in 1981 to complete a postgraduate Diploma in Embroidery and Textiles at [[Goldsmiths, University of London|Goldsmiths]].<ref>Cozens-Walker, autobiographical note within "[http://www.ruthincraftcentre.org.uk/downloads/Goldsmiths_information_pack.pdf Rendezvous Goldsmiths: A Celebration of Goldsmiths College – Textile Department 1975-88]" (PDF), Ruthin Craft Centre.</ref>


Cozens-Walker made her name as an artist combining paint, textiles and papier-mâché, and led to solo exhibitions in the UK, Japan and North America<ref name="fry_obit" />.
Cozens-Walker made her name as an artist combining paint, textiles and papier-mâché, and led to solo exhibitions in the UK, Japan and North America.<ref name="fry_obit" />


Cozens-Walker was also the life-long muse to Green, with their relationship portrayed in many of his pictures from the 1960s to her death in 2020.<ref>"[https://www.newenglishartclub.co.uk/artists/anthony-green-neac-lg-ra-hon-rba-hon-roi Anthony Green NEAC LG RA Hon RBA Hon ROI]", The New English Art Club.</ref> They appeared together in programmes such as [[The South Bank Show]]<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1737003/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_1</ref>{{Better source needed|date=August 2020}} with [[Melvyn Bragg]] and [[Arena (British TV series)|Arena]] with [[Nigel Williams]].
Cozens-Walker was also the life-long muse to Green, with their relationship portrayed in maybe 600 of his pictures from the 1960s to her death in 2020.<ref>"[https://www.newenglishartclub.co.uk/artists/anthony-green-neac-lg-ra-hon-rba-hon-roi Anthony Green NEAC LG RA Hon RBA Hon ROI]", The New English Art Club.</ref> They appeared together in programmes such as [[The South Bank Show]]<ref>{{Citation|last=Read|first=John|title=Anthony Green RA: A Love Story|date=1987-02-01|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1737003/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_1|type=Documentary|others=Melvyn Bragg, Anthony Green, Mary Green|access-date=2020-12-15}}</ref> with [[Melvyn Bragg]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The South Bank Show Originals - S5 - Episode 8: Anthony Green|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/gthw9m/the-south-bank-show-originals--s5-e8-anthony-green/|access-date=2020-12-15|website=Radio Times|language=en}}</ref> Some of the paintings of her are in national collections.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Art UK {{!}} Discover Artworks|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/search/actor:green-anthony-b-1939/page/2|access-date=2020-12-15|website=artuk.org|language=en}}</ref>


==Public collections==
==Public collections==
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* [[Setagaya Art Museum]], Tokyo<ref name="fry_obit" />
* [[Setagaya Art Museum]], Tokyo<ref name="fry_obit" />
* [[Arts Council of Great Britain]], London<ref name="fry_obit">Gavin Fry, "[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/aug/09/mary-cozens-walker-obituary Mary Cozens-Walker obituary]", ''The Guardian'', 9 August 2020.</ref>
* [[Arts Council of Great Britain]], London<ref name="fry_obit">Gavin Fry, "[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/aug/09/mary-cozens-walker-obituary Mary Cozens-Walker obituary]", ''The Guardian'', 9 August 2020.</ref>
* [[Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts]], Norwich<ref name="fry_obit" />
* [[Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts]], Norwich<ref name="fry_obit" />
* 'The Whole Cottage' [[V&A]], London <ref>{{cite web | url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1717681/the-whole-cottage-textile-artwork-cozens-walker-mary/ | title=The Whole Cottage | date=5 August 1991 }}</ref>


==Exhibitions==
==Exhibitions==
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* [[New Contemporaries|Young Contemporaries]]: Painting 'Women at their toilet' (reproduced in ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'').
* [[New Contemporaries|Young Contemporaries]]: Painting 'Women at their toilet' (reproduced in ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'').
* [[Royal Academy Summer Exhibition]] 1982, 1993, 2008,<ref name="fry_obit" /> 1990, 1991,
* [[Royal Academy Summer Exhibition]] 1982, 1993, 2008,<ref name="fry_obit" /> 1990, 1991.
* Ginza Art Space, Tokyo, Japan: Objects of Obsession solo exhibition 1992<ref name="fry_obit" />.
* Ginza Art Space, Tokyo, Japan: Objects of Obsession solo exhibition 1992.<ref name="fry_obit" />
* Staempfli Gallery, NYC, US, 1992<ref name="fry_obit" />.
* Staempfli Gallery, NYC, US, 1992.<ref name="fry_obit" />
* Fishguard Music Festival: Artist in residence 1993.
* Fishguard Music Festival: Artist in residence 1993.
* [[Bankfield Museum]]: 'From Painted Textures to Stitched Objects' 2001.
* [[Bankfield Museum]]: 'From Painted Textures to Stitched Objects' 2001.
* Boundary Gallery, London, 2001<ref name="fry_obit" />.
* Boundary Gallery, London, 2001.<ref name="fry_obit" />
* [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], London, 2004.<ref name="fry_obit" />
* [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], London, 2004.<ref name="fry_obit" />
* Fiberart Gallery, solo exhibition 2004.<ref>https://www.fiberartgallery.com/pages2004/JuneJuly2004.html</ref>
* Fiberart Gallery, solo exhibition 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mary Cozens-Walker fiberartGallery - textiles art fabric applique artists gallery in cornwall - uk st ives|url=https://www.fiberartgallery.com/pages2004/JuneJuly2004.html|access-date=2020-12-15|website=www.fiberartgallery.com}}</ref>
* Boundary Gallery 'Painting with Thread' exhibition, 2007.
* Boundary Gallery 'Painting with Thread' exhibition, 2007.
* [[Ruthin Craft Centre]] 2013.<ref name="fry_obit" />
* [[Ruthin Craft Centre]] 2013.<ref name="fry_obit" />

==Books==
==Books==
* ''Objects of Obsession 1955-2011'', Healeys Print Group{{Vague|date=August 2020}}<!-- ISBN? If there isn't an ISBN, OCLC? Who published it, and when? -->
* ''Objects of Obsession 1955-2011'', Healeys Print Group<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cozens-Walker|first=Mary|title=Objects of Obsession Hardcover|publisher=Healeys Print Group|date=1 Jan 2011|isbn=978-0956316226}}</ref>


== External links ==
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== References ==
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Latest revision as of 08:33, 6 February 2024

Mary Cozens-Walker
detail from a multi media self portrait
Born
Mary Louise Cozens-Walker

(1938-08-11)11 August 1938
Harrow, England
Died4 July 2020(2020-07-04) (aged 81)
Cambridgeshire, England
Other namesMary Green
OccupationArtist
Years active1959–2018
Spouse
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(m. 1961)​
Children2

Mary Cozens-Walker (married name Mary Green, 11 August 1938 – 4 July 2020) was an English textile artist and painter best known for her three-dimensional works pertaining to her own domestic life. She exhibited in the United Kingdom, Japan, and the United States. She has appeared as a model in about 600 paintings. Her own work is in national collections and paintings of her are also in national collections.

Personal life

[edit]

Mary Cozens-Walker was born on 11 August 1938 in Harrow, Middlesex.[1] She was educated at North London Collegiate School, London (where she was taught by Peggy Angus)[1] and the Slade School of Art[1] (where her contemporaries included Mario Dubsky, Dorothy Mead and Dennis Creffield and future RAs Ben Levene, Patrick Procktor and Anthony Green). Her tutors at the Slade included William Coldstream, Cecil Beaton, Lucian Freud, L.S. Lowry and David Bomberg.[1]

In 1961 she married Anthony Green,[1] and they had two daughters, Kate and Lucy. In 1967 she traveled to America when Green received a Harkness Fellowship and spent two years living in Leonia, New Jersey and Altadena, California.[1]

Professional life

[edit]

Cozens-Walker's early artistic influences included Stanley Spencer, Piero della Francesca and the Euston Road School. As she developed her style, fairground art, ship's figureheads and stumpwork also began to be referenced in her work.[1]

In the 1960s and 1970s Cozens-Walker continued to paint, but found it more and more constrictive. She had begun to experiment with stitching in America, and embroidery via individual projects, and this led to her seeking professional advice from the Royal School of Needlework. Cozens-Walker returned to education in 1981 to complete a postgraduate Diploma in Embroidery and Textiles at Goldsmiths.[2]

Cozens-Walker made her name as an artist combining paint, textiles and papier-mâché, and led to solo exhibitions in the UK, Japan and North America.[1]

Cozens-Walker was also the life-long muse to Green, with their relationship portrayed in maybe 600 of his pictures from the 1960s to her death in 2020.[3] They appeared together in programmes such as The South Bank Show[4] with Melvyn Bragg.[5] Some of the paintings of her are in national collections.[6]

Public collections

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Exhibitions

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Books

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  • Objects of Obsession 1955-2011, Healeys Print Group[9]
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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Gavin Fry, "Mary Cozens-Walker obituary", The Guardian, 9 August 2020.
  2. ^ Cozens-Walker, autobiographical note within "Rendezvous Goldsmiths: A Celebration of Goldsmiths College – Textile Department 1975-88" (PDF), Ruthin Craft Centre.
  3. ^ "Anthony Green NEAC LG RA Hon RBA Hon ROI", The New English Art Club.
  4. ^ Read, John (1 February 1987), Anthony Green RA: A Love Story (Documentary), Melvyn Bragg, Anthony Green, Mary Green, retrieved 15 December 2020
  5. ^ "The South Bank Show Originals - S5 - Episode 8: Anthony Green". Radio Times. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Art UK | Discover Artworks". artuk.org. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  7. ^ "The Whole Cottage". 5 August 1991.
  8. ^ "Mary Cozens-Walker fiberartGallery - textiles art fabric applique artists gallery in cornwall - uk st ives". www.fiberartgallery.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  9. ^ Cozens-Walker, Mary (1 January 2011). Objects of Obsession Hardcover. Healeys Print Group. ISBN 978-0956316226.
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