Elizabeth York Brunton

Elizabeth York Brunton (1880 – c. 1960) was a Scottish artist renowned for her painting in both oils and watercolours as well as her innovative use of colour woodcuts. Although she spent most of her life in Edinburgh, her exhibiting career was mainly overseas.

Biography Brunton was born in Musselburgh and studied at the Edinburgh College of Art. She continued her studies in Paris as a pupil of Edouard Nevellier. Brunton often painted views of markets on the continent in both oil paint and watercolour.

Brunton became a member of the Colour Woodcut Society and had prints exhibited at the Society of Graver Printers in Colour between 1924 and 1932, and eventually became a member of that Society. Her print work featured in a number of international exhibitions, including shows in New York, Boston, Leipzig and in France, Holland and Japan.