Meta GARBET

Mrs Meta GARBET PS
1881

Meta was born in Heene, Sussex. She was privately educated, then studied under the miniaturist Edwin Morgan. Her preferred medium was pastels and she specialised in portrait sketches.

Her first exhibition in the area was with STISA in 1939 and she continued to show there until she left the Society in 1953, when she moved to Paignton.

media

Painter in pastels of portraits, and figures

 

exhibitions

STISA 1939, Autumn Exhibition 1945, Winter 1947 and 1951 Festival of Britain Touring Shows

memberships

STISA 1939-53

references

Buckman (2006) Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945

Hardie (2009) Artists in Newlyn and West Cornwall (p326)

Tovey (2003) Creating a Splash