Alethea Garstin

Alethea Garstin (1894–1978) was a Cornish artist and illustrator who exhibited paintings regularly at London's Royal Academy from an early age.

Life and work Garstin was born in Penzance, Cornwall on 1 June 1894, the daughter of painter Norman Garstin and his wife Louisa, and the younger sister of the writer Crosbie Garstin. She was trained as a painter by her father, and joined him on his trips round France on his bicycle. She first exhibited a painting, "The Chairmakers", at the Royal Academy in 1912 and the president of the Royal Academy was so impressed that he asked to meet her.

Garstin later created illustrations for magazines including Punch and Tatler.

In the United Services Centre, Plymouth in 1945, where Garstin put on a joint exhibition with Newlyn painter Gertrude Harvey. and she put on a joint exhibition with her father's works entitled Norman and Alethea Garstin. Two Impressionists - Father and Daughter, Newlyn,

Public collections Paintings by Garstin are currently in the Government Art Collection and the collections of the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, the Royal West of England Academy and the National Trust.