Isabel Codrington

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Isabel Codrington
Born
Isabel Codrington Pyke-Nott

1874
Bydown, Devon
Died1943 (aged 68–69)
NationalityBritish
EducationRoyal Academy Schools
Known forPainting
Spouses
  • P.G Konody (m. 1901–12, divorced)
  • Gustavus Mayer

Isabel Codrington Pyke-Nott, later Isabel Konody then Isabel Mayer (1874-1943), was a British artist. She painted figures in watercolour and oils and also produced miniatures.

Morning - Isabel Codrington - 26 1934

Biography[edit]

Cantine Franco-Britannique, Vitry-le-François, 1919

Codrington was born in Bydown, near Barnstaple in Devon. Her father was the local squire and an amateur playwright and her mother was a writer and painter.[1] Aged 15, Codrington was enrolled in the Royal Academy School in London where she was awarded two medals.[2] In October 1901 she married the art critic P.G. Konody (1872-1933), who was then the editor of an art magazine and also wrote regularly for several newspapers.[3] The couple had two daughters during the following five years, one of whom, Pauline Konody, would also become a painter.[1] Codrington continued to paint, and a watercolour by her won a medal at the 1907 Exposition International d'Arte in Barcelonia.[3] The Konodys lived in London and enjoyed a social scene that featured many artists, poets and writers. In 2015 an unpublished poem written to Codrington in 1909 by Ezra Pound emerged and was sold at auction in Edinburgh.[4][3] The Konodys divorced in 1912 and Codrington continued her artistic career. In due course she married Gustavus Mayer, a partner in the Bond Street art dealers Colnaghi & Co.[5]

In 1919 the Imperial War Museum acquired a large oil painting, Cantine Franco-Britannique, Vitry-le-François, by Codrington of a World War One canteen for French troops.[6] During the 1920s she was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy and the Fine Art Society in London and also had works shown in Paris, both at the Knoedler Galleries and at the Paris Salon.[3][7] In 1923 a work by Codrington received an honourable mention at the Salon des Artistes Francais.[8]

Between 1928 and 1932 Codrington was a regular exhibitor in Scotland frequently showing at the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and the Royal Hibernian Academy.[9] Codrington also exhibited with the Royal West of England Academy.[2] A solo exhibition of her flower paintings was held in 1935 and 1936 at the Rembrandt Gallery in Vigo Street in London.[9] Manchester City Art Gallery and the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull also hold examples of her work.[5] For most of her adult life, Codrington lived in Woldingham in Surrey.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Rosie Henniker-Major. "Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures including Drawings & Watercolours". Christies. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
  3. ^ a b c d "Lot 228 (Pound, Ezra)". Lyon & Turnbull. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  4. ^ Alison Flood (3 September 2015). "Unseen Ezra Pound poem sold at auction". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "Isabel Codrington (Biographical details)". The British Museum. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Cantine Franco-Britannique, Vitry-le-Francois (1919)". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  7. ^ Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
  8. ^ Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 3 Bulow - Cossin. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2-7000-3073-7.
  9. ^ a b Sara Gray (2009). The Dictionary of British Women Artists. The Lutterworth Press. ISBN 97807-18830847.

External links[edit]

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