Portrait of Eric Ravilious by Phyllis Dodd at the Towner Eastbourne, East Sussex.

From Wikipedia:

Dodd was born in Chester in 1899, the daughter of Charles and Harriet Dodd. An early interest in art was encouraged by her parents. In 1909 she won a Royal Drawing Society prize. She was educated at The Queen’s School, Chester. In her last year at The Queen’s School she gained a full certificate of the Royal Drawing Society.

Dodd’s mother took in paying guests in order to be able to send her to Liverpool School of Art from 1917 to 1921, where she was taught by the influential art teacher William Penn. In 1921 Dodd won a Royal Exhibition to the Royal College of Art from 1921 to 1925. She won the Drawing Prize in her final year.

Sir William Rothenstein was the principal throughout Dodd’s time at the Royal College of Art, and she obtained portrait commissions through him. From 1925 to 1930 Dodd taught at Walthamstow Technical College.

Dodd and her husband, Douglas Percy Bliss, exhibited together at Derby Art Gallery in 1946, and at St Michael’s Gallery in Derby in 1983. She also exhibited at the NEAC, the Royal Academy, the RP, the Walker Art Gallery, and the RSA. Retrospectives were held at the Hatton Gallery at Newcastle University in 1989, and, in the year of her death, at Derby Art Gallery and Newport Museum & Art Gallery.

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Towner Eastbourne, East Sussex
Material: Oil on canvas
Artist: Phyllis Dodd (1899–1995)
Date: 1929

Image Details
Date: 1 July 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/25s
ISO: 640
Licensing: Image of a Towner Eastbourne asset. This image cannot be licensed.