Background
THORNTON, Valerie Genestra Marion was born on April 13, 1931 in London. Daughter of Nigel Heber Thornton and Margaret M. G. Thornton.
THORNTON, Valerie Genestra Marion was born on April 13, 1931 in London. Daughter of Nigel Heber Thornton and Margaret M. G. Thornton.
West Heath Girls’ School, Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting, Regent Street Polytechnic and Atelier 17 (South. West. Hayter).
in Colchester, Oxford, Philadelphia, United States of America, London and Famham; group exhibitions at Resident Advisor and Royal Society of PainterEtchers and Engravers; etchings in many collections including British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Albertina Museum, Vienna, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, Staedhjk Museum, Amsterdam, Metropolitan Museum, New York, Museum of Fine Art, Boston, United States of America, Museum of Modem Art, New York, National Gallery, Ottawa; Fellow of Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers; National Diploma in Design.Assistant Art Teacher, Charterhouse School 56. One-woman.
Married Oliver Michael Chase in 1966.