WAVENEY FREDRICK RBS, PS.

 ARTIST IN OILS, WATERCOLOUR AND PASTEL.  BORN IN LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE IN 1921, SHE STUDIED UNDER SIR CEDRIC MORRIS AND LETT HAINES AT THE EAST ANGLIAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AT BENTON END, SUFFOLK, AND WAS ALSO VERY MUCH INFLUENCED BY THE WORK OF JOHN NASH.

WAVENEY FREDRICK WAS MADE A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL BIRMINGHAM SOCIETY OF ARTISTS IN 1978, AND MEMBER OF THE PASTEL SOCIETY  IN 1983. SHE IS PRESIDENT OF THE BIRMINGHAM PASTEL SOCIETY.

SHE WON THE FEENY AWARD, BIRMINGHAM IN 1977 AND THE PASTEL SOCIETY’S HERRING AWARD IN 1983, ALSO THE PASTEL SOCIETY OF CANADA AWARD 1989.

SHE TOOK PART IN THE “FIVE ARTISTS “ EXHIBITION AT THE RBSA GALLERIES, BIRMINGHAM 1990.

SHE HAS EXHIBITED AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY AND THE ROYAL WEST OF ENGLAND ACADEMY. SOLO SHOWS HAVE INCLUDED BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY, OXFORD UNIVERSITY, KEELE UNIVERSITY, WALSALL ART GALLERY, THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE AT STRATFORD UPON AVON, AND IN THE USA.