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Beatrice Glenavy began her studies at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art along with
her sister Dorothy under William Orpen. She won the Queen’s Prize for drawing (1900)
and the Taylor Art Scholarship (1901) which enabled her to travel to Paris for further
studies. On her return to Dublin Glenavy joined Sarah Purser’s glass studio An Tur Gloine
for a time before moving to London where she studied at The Slade School of Art under
Wilson Steer and Henry Tonks. Glenavy was elected an RHA member in 1934, where
she had been exhibiting for over 30 years and continued to do so up until the year of her
death. During her lifetime she also exhibited at the Leinster Lecture Hall,Victor Wadding-
ton Galleries (solo show in 1955), Ritchie Hendriks Gallery, Leicester Galleries in London,
the Royal Academy and the Royal Scottish Academy. Her work can be found in the
collections of the National Gallery of Ireland, Crawford Municipal Gallery, Ulster Museum,
Dublin City Gallery,The Hugh Lane and the Office of PublicWorks.
Fig. 28. Beatrice Glenavy
