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'''Margaret Caroline Bruce Wells''' née '''Margaret Caroline Bruce''' (13 June 1909-4 December 1998) was a British artist known for her use of [[woodcut]] and [[linocut]] techniques.<ref name="Suffolk"></ref>
==Biography==
Although born in [[Murthly]] in [[Perthshire]], Wells attended Queen Margaret School in [[Scarborough]] before returning to Scotland in 1928 to study at the [[Glasgow School of Art]].<ref name="BuckmanVol2"></ref> In 1933 she moved to London to study at the [[Leon Underwood]]'s Brook Green School.<ref name="BuckmanVol2"/><ref name="Horne"></ref> In 1935 Wells became his studio assistant and for a time lived in the Underwood's home.<ref name="BuckmanVol2"/> Wells developed a passion for fishing and in 1935 produced two sets of prints on the subject, ''Fishing for Bleaks'' and ''Ells by Night'' which were well received.<ref name="RGarton"></ref> During World War II, Wells served as an ambulance driver and in 1951 she married George Wells, a dermatologist. The couple lived in [[Chicago]] for several years during which time Wells studied at the city's [[Art Institute of Chicago|Art Institute]].<ref name="BuckmanVol2"/>
During her career Wells exhibited at the [[Royal Academy]] and with the [[Society of Wood Engravers]] and became an honourary member of the latter in 1995.<ref name="BuckmanVol2"/> She lived in [[Suffolk]] for the last two decades of her life and continued working until her death at [[Sibton]].<ref name="Suffolk"/> Prints by Wells are held in the collections of the [[Ashmolean Museum]] in Oxford, the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] in London, the Art Institute of Chicago and the [[Hunt Institute]] of Botanicial Documentation at [[Carnegie-Mellon University]] in Pittsburgh and in the British [[Government Art Collection]].<ref name="BuckmanVol2"/><ref name="RGarton"/> <ref name="BGAC"></ref>
==References==
==Further reading==
* ''Margaret Bruce Wells. The complete wood-engravings and lino-cuts'' by Jeremy Greenwood and Maggi McLune, Wood Lea Press, 2000.
[[Category:1909 births]]
[[Category:1998 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century British printmakers]]
[[Category:20th-century British women artists]]
[[Category:Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art]]
[[Category:people from Perthshire]]
[[Category:Scottish printmakers]]
[[Category:Scottish women artists]]
==Biography==
Although born in [[Murthly]] in [[Perthshire]], Wells attended Queen Margaret School in [[Scarborough]] before returning to Scotland in 1928 to study at the [[Glasgow School of Art]].<ref name="BuckmanVol2"></ref> In 1933 she moved to London to study at the [[Leon Underwood]]'s Brook Green School.<ref name="BuckmanVol2"/><ref name="Horne"></ref> In 1935 Wells became his studio assistant and for a time lived in the Underwood's home.<ref name="BuckmanVol2"/> Wells developed a passion for fishing and in 1935 produced two sets of prints on the subject, ''Fishing for Bleaks'' and ''Ells by Night'' which were well received.<ref name="RGarton"></ref> During World War II, Wells served as an ambulance driver and in 1951 she married George Wells, a dermatologist. The couple lived in [[Chicago]] for several years during which time Wells studied at the city's [[Art Institute of Chicago|Art Institute]].<ref name="BuckmanVol2"/>
During her career Wells exhibited at the [[Royal Academy]] and with the [[Society of Wood Engravers]] and became an honourary member of the latter in 1995.<ref name="BuckmanVol2"/> She lived in [[Suffolk]] for the last two decades of her life and continued working until her death at [[Sibton]].<ref name="Suffolk"/> Prints by Wells are held in the collections of the [[Ashmolean Museum]] in Oxford, the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] in London, the Art Institute of Chicago and the [[Hunt Institute]] of Botanicial Documentation at [[Carnegie-Mellon University]] in Pittsburgh and in the British [[Government Art Collection]].<ref name="BuckmanVol2"/><ref name="RGarton"/> <ref name="BGAC"></ref>
==References==
==Further reading==
* ''Margaret Bruce Wells. The complete wood-engravings and lino-cuts'' by Jeremy Greenwood and Maggi McLune, Wood Lea Press, 2000.
[[Category:1909 births]]
[[Category:1998 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century British printmakers]]
[[Category:20th-century British women artists]]
[[Category:Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art]]
[[Category:people from Perthshire]]
[[Category:Scottish printmakers]]
[[Category:Scottish women artists]]
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