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==Life and work==
==Life and work==
[[File:WAAF Instrument Mechanics at Work (1941) (ArtIWM.ART LD 1298).jpg|thumb|''WAAF Instrument Mechanics at Work'' (1941) (ArtIWM.ART LD 1298)]]
[[File:WAAF Instrument Mechanics at Work (1941) (ArtIWM.ART LD 1298).jpg|thumb|''WAAF Instrument Mechanics at Work'' (1941) (ArtIWM.ART LD 1298)]]
Coke was born in [[Southend-on-Sea]] in Essex in 1897 and when she was seventeen entered the [[Slade School of Art]], where she continued to study throughout the First World War. In the summer of 1918 Coke submitted some sketches to the [[British War Memorials Committee]] for a possible commission. That proposal was rejected but shortly afterwards [[Muirhead Bone]] bought two of her watercolours for the [[Imperial War Museum]] collection.<ref name="Palmer">{{cite book|author=Kathleen Palmer|publisher=Tate Publishing/Imperial War Museum|year=2011|title=Women War Artists|ISBN=978-1-85437-989-4}}</ref><ref name=WWAdjc>{{cite web |author=Imperial War Museum|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1050000274 |title=World War One art archive, Coke, Dorothy J |year=|accessdate=28 October 2015|work=[[Imperial War Museum]]}}</ref> In 1919 she was elected a member of the [[New English Art Club]].<ref name="GMWaters">{{cite book|authors=Grant M. Waters|publisher=Eastbourne Fine Art|year=1975|title=Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950|isbn=}}</ref>
Coke was born in [[Southend-on-Sea]] in Essex in 1897, where her father was a tea exporter.<ref name="PDunford">{{cite book|authors=Penny Dunford|publisher=Harvester Wheatsheaf|year=1990|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Women Artists in Europe and America since 1850|isbn=0 7108 1144 6}}</ref> When she was seventeen, Coke entered the [[Slade School of Art]], where she continued to study throughout the First World War and where she won a prize for figure composition.<ref name="PDunford"/> In the summer of 1918 Coke submitted some sketches to the [[British War Memorials Committee]] for a possible commission. That proposal was rejected but shortly afterwards [[Muirhead Bone]] bought two of her watercolours for the [[Imperial War Museum]] collection.<ref name="Palmer">{{cite book|author=Kathleen Palmer|publisher=Tate Publishing/Imperial War Museum|year=2011|title=Women War Artists|ISBN=978-1-85437-989-4}}</ref><ref name=WWAdjc>{{cite web |author=Imperial War Museum|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1050000274 |title=World War One art archive, Coke, Dorothy J |year=|accessdate=28 October 2015|work=[[Imperial War Museum]]}}</ref> In 1919 she was elected a member of the [[New English Art Club]].<ref name="GMWaters">{{cite book|authors=Grant M. Waters|publisher=Eastbourne Fine Art|year=1975|title=Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950|isbn=}}</ref>


By the start of World War Two Coke was a popular and well known artist. During the War she received a short-term commission from the [[War Artists Advisory Committee]] to depict the work being performed by women in various services.<ref name="Beyond">{{cite book|author=Catherine Speck|publisher=Reaktion Books|year=2014|title=Beyond the Battlefield, Women Artists of Two World Wars|ISBN=978 178023 374 1}}</ref> To this end she spent time with the [[Women's Voluntary Service]], the [[Auxiliary Territorial Service]], the [[Women's Auxiliary Air Force]] and also with the [[Red Cross]].<ref name=IWMdjc>{{cite web |author=Imperial War Museum|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1050000855 |title=War artists archive, Miss D J Coke |year=|accessdate=28 October 2015|work=[[Imperial War Museum]]}}</ref> One of her paintings was included in the ''Britain at War'' exhibition at the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in New York which opened in May 1941.<ref name="Foss">{{cite book|author=Brain Foss|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2007|title=War paint: Art, War, State and Identity in Britain, 1939-1945 |ISBN=978-0-300-10890-3}}</ref> By the end of the War, WAAC had acquired eight paintings from Coke.<ref name="Palmer"/> During the War, in 1943, she was elected a member of the [[Royal Watercolour Society]], having previously become an Associate member in 1935.<ref name="GMWaters">{{cite book|authors=Grant M. Waters|publisher=Eastbourne Fine Art|year=1975|title=Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950|isbn=}}</ref>
By the start of World War Two Coke was a popular and well known artist. During the War she received a short-term commission from the [[War Artists Advisory Committee]] to depict the work being performed by women in various services.<ref name="Beyond">{{cite book|author=Catherine Speck|publisher=Reaktion Books|year=2014|title=Beyond the Battlefield, Women Artists of Two World Wars|ISBN=978 178023 374 1}}</ref> To this end she spent time with the [[Women's Voluntary Service]], the [[Auxiliary Territorial Service]], the [[Women's Auxiliary Air Force]] and also with the [[Red Cross]].<ref name=IWMdjc>{{cite web |author=Imperial War Museum|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1050000855 |title=War artists archive, Miss D J Coke |year=|accessdate=28 October 2015|work=[[Imperial War Museum]]}}</ref> One of her paintings was included in the ''Britain at War'' exhibition at the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in New York which opened in May 1941.<ref name="Foss">{{cite book|author=Brain Foss|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2007|title=War paint: Art, War, State and Identity in Britain, 1939-1945 |ISBN=978-0-300-10890-3}}</ref> By the end of the War, WAAC had acquired eight paintings from Coke.<ref name="Palmer"/> During the War, in 1943, she was elected a member of the [[Royal Watercolour Society]], having previously become an Associate member in 1935.<ref name="GMWaters">{{cite book|authors=Grant M. Waters|publisher=Eastbourne Fine Art|year=1975|title=Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950|isbn=}}</ref>

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Dorothy Coke
Born11 April 1897[1]
Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
Died1979 (aged 81–82)
Brighton, Sussex, England
EducationSlade School of Fine Art
Known forPainting

Dorothy Josephine Coke (11 April 1897-1979) was an English artist notable for her work as a war artist on the British home front during the Second World War.[2] Coke was also an art teacher and as an artist was known for her watercolours, which have a very free, open-air quality to them.[3]

Life and work

WAAF Instrument Mechanics at Work (1941) (ArtIWM.ART LD 1298)

Coke was born in Southend-on-Sea in Essex in 1897, where her father was a tea exporter.[4] When she was seventeen, Coke entered the Slade School of Art, where she continued to study throughout the First World War and where she won a prize for figure composition.[4] In the summer of 1918 Coke submitted some sketches to the British War Memorials Committee for a possible commission. That proposal was rejected but shortly afterwards Muirhead Bone bought two of her watercolours for the Imperial War Museum collection.[5][6] In 1919 she was elected a member of the New English Art Club.[1]

By the start of World War Two Coke was a popular and well known artist. During the War she received a short-term commission from the War Artists Advisory Committee to depict the work being performed by women in various services.[7] To this end she spent time with the Women's Voluntary Service, the Auxiliary Territorial Service, the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and also with the Red Cross.[8] One of her paintings was included in the Britain at War exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York which opened in May 1941.[9] By the end of the War, WAAC had acquired eight paintings from Coke.[5] During the War, in 1943, she was elected a member of the Royal Watercolour Society, having previously become an Associate member in 1935.[1]

After the War, Coke taught art at Brighton College of Art until her retirement in 1967.[2][10]

References

  1. ^ a b c Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art. 1975. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  2. ^ a b Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 106 6.
  3. ^ David Buckman (1998). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0 95326 095 X.
  4. ^ a b A Biographical Dictionary of Women Artists in Europe and America since 1850. Harvester Wheatsheaf. 1990. ISBN 0 7108 1144 6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  5. ^ a b Kathleen Palmer (2011). Women War Artists. Tate Publishing/Imperial War Museum. ISBN 978-1-85437-989-4.
  6. ^ Imperial War Museum. "World War One art archive, Coke, Dorothy J". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  7. ^ Catherine Speck (2014). Beyond the Battlefield, Women Artists of Two World Wars. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978 178023 374 1.
  8. ^ Imperial War Museum. "War artists archive, Miss D J Coke". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  9. ^ Brain Foss (2007). War paint: Art, War, State and Identity in Britain, 1939-1945. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-10890-3.
  10. ^ "The Aldrich Collection: Dorothy Coke". University of Brighton. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
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