Gosse, Sylvia (1881–1968)
Gosse, Sylvia (1881–1968)
English artist. Name variations: Laura Sylvia Gosse. Born in 1881 in London, England; died in 1968 in Hastings, England; dau. of Sir Edmund Gosse (critic, poet, essayist and librarian of House of Lords) and Nellie Gosse (painter); attended St. John's Wood School, Royal Academy Schools, 1903–06, and Westminster School of Art.
Engraver, painter of street scenes, interiors and still-lifes in oils, 1st showed work at Allied Artists Association (1909) and enrolled in Walter Sickert's etching class at Rowlandson House (1910); took over for Madeline Knox, teaching beginners and helping Sickert run school; prevented from joining Camden Town Group because of gender, helped found London Group (1913); showed at New English Art Club (from 1911) and at Royal Academy (from 1912); held solo show at Carfax Gallery (1916); elected to Royal Society of British Artists (1929) and Royal Society of Painter-Etchers & Engravers (1936); paintings, which are in permanent collections of British Museum, as well as Ashmolean, Oxford and Tate museums, include Industry (1909), The Doctor (1914), Portrait of Walter Sickert (1924), and Charlotte Couchée (1925).