| 词条 | Gretta Bowen |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Margretta 'Gretta' Bowen | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1 January 1880 | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland | death_date = 8 April 1981 | death_place = Belfast | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = Irish | education = | alma_mater = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | movement = | spouse = | awards = | elected = | patrons = | memorials = }}Margretta Bowen, best known as Gretta Bowen (1 January 1880–8 April 1981) was a self-taught Irish artist. She only started painting late in life, after her sons Arthur and George Campbell were already established as artists.[1] Early lifeBorn in Dublin, Margetta Bowen lived most of her life in Belfast.[2] She was married to Matthew Campbell, a veteran of the Boer War. They had three boys Arthur, George and Stanley, who all went on to paint.[3] After her husband died in 1925 she ran an laundrette and took in lodgers to make ends meet. CareerBowen came to art late in her life. A few weeks before her seventieth birthday she found paints left behind by her son Arthur and began to experiment. Just five years later her first exhibition was put on in the gallery of the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts. She would have exhibitions in Dublin and Belfast as well. In 1979, at the age of 99, her works gained international fame. She exhibited at the International Naives exhibition in London. DeathBowen died in Belfast on 8 April 1981. References1. ^Gretta Bowen. Accessed 12 January 2013 {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Bowen, Gretta}}{{Ireland-painter-stub}}2. ^Kate Newmann, Gretta Bowen (1880-1981), Dictionary of Ulster Biography. Accessed 12 January 2013. 3. ^{{cite web|title=Gretta Bowen|url=http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/589/gretta-bowen|website=Culture Northern Ireland|accessdate=10 October 2015}} 7 : 1880 births|1981 deaths|20th-century Irish painters|Artists from Belfast|Irish women artists|People from Dublin (city)|20th-century women artists |
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