Gloria Escoffery

Gloria Escoffery OD (22 December 1923 – 24 April 2002) was a Jamaican painter, poet and art critic that contributed to post-colonial arts and culture during the mid-to-late 20th century.

Biography Born in Gayle, Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica, the youngest of three children of Dr. William T. Escoffery, medical officer, and his wife Sylvia, Escoffery attended St Hilda's High School, Brown's Town. In 1942 she won the Island Scholarship and went to McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and subsequently studied in England at the Slade School of Fine Arts (1950–52), and the University of the West Indies's School of Education. and the Silver Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica in 1985. The Bicycle Lamp: An Artist's Reflections on Art Teaching (Taylor & Francis Group, 1968)

Paintings The most visible archive of Escoffery's artworks belong to the National Gallery of Jamaica, and can be viewed on the gallery website, along with an artist biography. Similar to her literature, Escoffery's paintings display various interpretations of Jamaican modernism experienced throughout her lifetime.