Heda Armour

Heda Armour (1914–1996), later Heda Munro and Heda Napper, was a British painter and etcher.

Biography

Hedvig (Heda) Sophie Armour was born on 23 May 1914 in Recife, Brazil to Stewart and Gabrielle Matilda (née Crosse) Armour. After a private education Armour trained at the Guildford School of Art from 1930 to 1933 before spending six years studying at the Royal Academy Schools where her teachers included Walter Thomas Monnington and Sir Walter Westley Russell.[1] [2] Armour went on to become a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy in London and elsewhere in Britain.[1][2] She lived at Cranleigh in Surrey and the British Museum holds an example of her work.[1]

References

1. David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0 953260 95 X.
2. Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.