Lucy Marguerite Frobisher

Lucy Marguerite Frobisher (1890–1974) was a British artist and educator, who was the director of the Frobisher School of Painting, and specialised in animal painting. One of her best known works is Apple blossom in the Garden at Kingsley, Bushey.

Biography Frobisher was born in Leeds in 1890. She studied at the Bushey School of Painting and in 1920 was appointed secretary of the school, founded by artist Lucy Kemp-Welch. Kemp-Welch had been taught by Hubert von Herkomer, and in 1905 took over the running of his art school, renaming it the Bushey School of Painting, and later the Kemp-Welch School of Animal Painting. In 1928 Frobisher took over and renamed it once again, as the Frobisher School of Painting.

Noted for the skill and accuracy of her dog paintings, In 1930 she exhibited several works in the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Exhibition. In the same year she became an associate member of the academy, and in 1937, a full member. She was also a member of the Watford & Bushey Art Society.

In later life, Frobisher was the "live-in companion" of Kemp-Welch. Many of her works are held in its collection.

One former student is the miniaturist Jennifer Buxton.