Background
Drummond was born near Maidenhead, the son of Review Canon Arthur Hislop Drummond Berkshire and Anna Harriet Dodsworth, educated at the Oratory School in Edgbaston, Birmingham and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he studied history.
Drummond was born near Maidenhead, the son of Review Canon Arthur Hislop Drummond Berkshire and Anna Harriet Dodsworth, educated at the Oratory School in Edgbaston, Birmingham and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he studied history.
After a year working for Lord Faversham as an estate manager he studied at the Slade School of Art from 1903 to 1907, and under Walter Sickert at the Westminster School of Art from 1908 to 1910.
She illustrated, amongst others, A General History of the Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson, edited, with a Preface, by Philip Gosse printed by The Cayme Press. Zina was also a concert pianist who had performed at The Wigmore Hall and was much admired by Walter Sickert and Clive Bell. Malcolm and Zina shared a passion for art and music and worked together in Malcolm"s studio as well as performing musical soires together at home, Malcolm accompanying Zina on violin.
Influenced by the Post-Impressionists and Walter Sickert, he was a member of the Camden Town Group and the London Group. He was founding member and exhibited with the Camden Town Group from 1911 to 1913, and was also a founding member of the London Group in 1914, serving as its treasurer in 1921 and exhibiting with it until 1932.