Brenda King

Brenda King was born in Cumbria and studied art at Lancaster College of Art and at the Royal College of Art in the 1950s. While living near London, she exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. During the 1960s and 70s, she held numerous shows in the Southeast before relocating to Cornwall in 1975. King’s paintings are characterised by a folk style and her subject often features compositions of a table-top with crockery in front of a window overlooking a coastal scene. She was married to Jeremy King, and shared working studios in St Just, Cornwall.