Leslie Charlotte Benenson

Leslie Charlotte Benenson, R.E. (13 January 1941 - 18 February 2018) was an English artist who worked in a variety of different mediums, including sculpture, oils, watercolours, ceramics and calligraphy.

Life and work

Benenson was born in London, where she attended La Sagesse Convent High School, before studying art at the Regent Street Polytechnic (1958–63) under Geoffrey H. Deeley and James Osborne. She was awarded a National Diploma in Design in 1962.

She is exhibited widely, and her work can be found in many public and private collections, including the Towner Art Gallery, Ashmolean, Hereford Museum and the International Exlibriscentrum.

Exhibitions

Solo 1971 - Rye Art Gallery 1971 - Michelham Priory 1975 - John Gage Gallery, Eastbourne 1976 - Michelham Priory

Group 1966 - Royal Academy, London 1967 - Royal Academy, London 1968 - Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers 1969 - Royal Academy, London 1970 - Royal Academy, London 1971 - Victoria & Albert Museum, London 1971 - Royal Academy, London 1972 - Royal Academy, London 1979 - Victoria & Albert Museum, London 1980 - Linz, Austria 1981 - Sint-Niklaas, Antwerp, Belgium 1981 - Biala Podlaska, Poland