About Flavia Irwin
Lived 1916 – 2009 (aged 92). Flavia Irwin was a British painter.
Flavia Irwin, Lady de Grey (15 December 1916 – 1 August 2009 Irwin studied at Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, and Chelsea College of Art and Design, where her teachers included Henry Moore, Graham Sutherland and Robert Medley.
Her work is included in a number of private collections in both the UK and the US, including the Government Art Collection and the Walker Art Gallery. She was regularly shown at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition.
She married Sir Roger de Grey in 1942 and was also known by her title of Lady De Grey. They had three children, including the architect Spencer de Grey. Irwin died on 1 August 2009.
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British artist (1916-2009)
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Flavia Irwin was born on 15 December 1916 in London.
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Flavia Irwin died on 1 August 2009.
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Flavia Irwin was a painter.
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