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==Biography==
==Biography==
Naper was born in [[Charlton, London|Charlton]], one of the nine children of Alfred Champion, a fireman, and Mary Ann Champion. She attended the [[Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts]] from 1904-06. There, under the jeweller Frederick James Partridge, she learned a wide range of techniques for working in metal, wood, and enamel. She was heavily influenced by [[Art Nouveau]] design and the work of [[Charles Robert Ashbee|C. R. Ashbee]].<ref name="caindex" /> In 1906 she went to [[Branscombe]], Devon where Partridge rented some cottages for his students. There she met the architect and painter Charles Naper, whom she married in 1910.<ref name="CFNewlyn">{{cite book|author=Caroline Fox|publisher=Newlyn Orion|year=1985|title=Painting in Newlyn 1900-1930|ISBN= 0 9506579 4 8}}</ref> The couple spent two years in [[Looe]], Cornwall before making their permanent home at Trewoofe in [[Lamorna]].<ref name="caindex">{{cite web|author=|year=|title=Ella Naper|publisher=cornwell artists index|accessdate=31 July 2013|url=http://cornwallartists.org/cornwall-artists/ella-naper}}</ref>
Naper was born in [[Charlton, London|Charlton]], one of the nine children of Alfred Champion, a fireman, and Mary Ann Champion. She attended the [[Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts]] from 1904 to 1906. There, under the jeweller Frederick James Partridge, she learned a wide range of techniques for working in metal, wood, and enamel. She was heavily influenced by [[Art Nouveau]] design and the work of [[Charles Robert Ashbee|C. R. Ashbee]].<ref name="caindex" /> In 1906 she went to [[Branscombe]], Devon where Partridge rented some cottages for his students. There she met the architect and painter Charles Naper, whom she married in 1910.<ref name="CFNewlyn">{{cite book|author=Caroline Fox|publisher=Newlyn Orion|year=1985|title=Painting in Newlyn 1900-1930|ISBN= 0 9506579 4 8}}</ref> The couple spent two years in [[Looe]], Cornwall before making their permanent home at Trewoofe in [[Lamorna]].<ref name="caindex">{{cite web|author=|year=|title=Ella Naper|publisher=cornwell artists index|accessdate=31 July 2013|url=http://cornwallartists.org/cornwall-artists/ella-naper}}</ref>


Ella Naper worked from home producing decorative enamel and horn work jewellery.<ref name="CFNewlyn"/> Her jewellery designs included silver brooches, necklaces and earrings and also combs and hair slides. She included patterns based on plants, flowers and insects in her work, often in art nouveau styles.<ref name="CWallace">{{cite book|author=Catherine Wallace|publisher=truran|year=2002|title=Under the Open Sky - The Paintings of the Newlyn and Lamorna Artists 1880-1940 in the Public Collections of Cornwall and Plymouth|ISBN=978 185022 168 5}}</ref> She sold much of her work through events such as ''Arts and Crafts Exhibition'', ''Woman's Art Exhibition'', [[Liberty (department store)|Liberty's]] in London and, after 1924, [[Newlyn Art Gallery]] craft exhibitions. During the First World War, Ella Naper and [[Laura Knight]] collaborated on the design of several pieces of painted jewellery and enamel plaques,<ref name="DameLK">{{cite web |url=http://www.damelauraknight.com/biography.html |title=The Official Dame Laura Knight Website: Biography |work= |accessdate=15 January 2011}}</ref> including ''Two Dancers'' (1912).<ref name="pcfdance">{{cite web|author=|year=|title=''Two Dancers''|publisher=BBC/Public Catalogue Foundation|accessdate=2 August 2013|url=http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/images/paintings/phg/624x544/cw_phg_pezph_2000_42_624x544.jpg}}</ref> In 1915, Naper and Knight exhibited several of these pieces in a joint exhibition, with [[Lamorna Birch]], held at the London [[Fine Art Society]].<ref name="Broadley">{{cite book|author=Rosie Broadley|publisher= National Portrait Gallery,London|year=2013|title=Laura Knight Portraits|ISBN=978-1-85514-463-7}}</ref> Naper received commissions for mayoral chains and war memorials, including one in [[Exeter Cathedral]] and also designed the memorial to the artist [[Benjamin Leader]] in [[St Buryan's Church]].<ref name="CFNewlyn"/> After 1919 Naper, together with Kate Westrup and Emily Westrup, ran the Lamorna Pottery, which continued in production until 1935.<ref name="caindex"/>
Ella Naper worked from home producing decorative enamel and horn work jewellery.<ref name="CFNewlyn"/> Her jewellery designs included silver brooches, necklaces and earrings and also combs and hair slides. She included patterns based on plants, flowers and insects in her work, often in art nouveau styles.<ref name="CWallace">{{cite book|author=Catherine Wallace|publisher=truran|year=2002|title=Under the Open Sky - The Paintings of the Newlyn and Lamorna Artists 1880-1940 in the Public Collections of Cornwall and Plymouth|ISBN=978 185022 168 5}}</ref> She sold much of her work through events such as ''Arts and Crafts Exhibition'', ''Woman's Art Exhibition'', [[Liberty (department store)|Liberty's]] in London and, after 1924, [[Newlyn Art Gallery]] craft exhibitions. During the First World War, Ella Naper and [[Laura Knight]] collaborated on the design of several pieces of painted jewellery and enamel plaques,<ref name="DameLK">{{cite web |url=http://www.damelauraknight.com/biography.html |title=The Official Dame Laura Knight Website: Biography |work= |accessdate=15 January 2011}}</ref> including ''Two Dancers'' (1912).<ref name="pcfdance">{{cite web|author=|year=|title=''Two Dancers''|publisher=BBC/Public Catalogue Foundation|accessdate=2 August 2013|url=http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/images/paintings/phg/624x544/cw_phg_pezph_2000_42_624x544.jpg}}</ref> In 1915, Naper and Knight exhibited several of these pieces in a joint exhibition, with [[Lamorna Birch]], held at the London [[Fine Art Society]].<ref name="Broadley">{{cite book|author=Rosie Broadley|publisher= National Portrait Gallery,London|year=2013|title=Laura Knight Portraits|ISBN=978-1-85514-463-7}}</ref> Naper received commissions for mayoral chains and war memorials, including one in [[Exeter Cathedral]] and also designed the memorial to the artist [[Benjamin Leader]] in [[St Buryan's Church]].<ref name="CFNewlyn"/> After 1919 Naper, together with Kate Westrup and Emily Westrup, ran the Lamorna Pottery, which continued in production until 1935.<ref name="caindex"/>

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Ella Louise Naper, (née Champion) (9 February 1886 – 1972) was an English jeweller, potter, designer and painter.

Biography

Naper was born in Charlton, one of the nine children of Alfred Champion, a fireman, and Mary Ann Champion. She attended the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts from 1904 to 1906. There, under the jeweller Frederick James Partridge, she learned a wide range of techniques for working in metal, wood, and enamel. She was heavily influenced by Art Nouveau design and the work of C. R. Ashbee.[1] In 1906 she went to Branscombe, Devon where Partridge rented some cottages for his students. There she met the architect and painter Charles Naper, whom she married in 1910.[2] The couple spent two years in Looe, Cornwall before making their permanent home at Trewoofe in Lamorna.[1]

Ella Naper worked from home producing decorative enamel and horn work jewellery.[2] Her jewellery designs included silver brooches, necklaces and earrings and also combs and hair slides. She included patterns based on plants, flowers and insects in her work, often in art nouveau styles.[3] She sold much of her work through events such as Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Woman's Art Exhibition, Liberty's in London and, after 1924, Newlyn Art Gallery craft exhibitions. During the First World War, Ella Naper and Laura Knight collaborated on the design of several pieces of painted jewellery and enamel plaques,[4] including Two Dancers (1912).[5] In 1915, Naper and Knight exhibited several of these pieces in a joint exhibition, with Lamorna Birch, held at the London Fine Art Society.[6] Naper received commissions for mayoral chains and war memorials, including one in Exeter Cathedral and also designed the memorial to the artist Benjamin Leader in St Buryan's Church.[2] After 1919 Naper, together with Kate Westrup and Emily Westrup, ran the Lamorna Pottery, which continued in production until 1935.[1]

Naper was also a talented painter, often working in watercolours. She exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery on at least twenty-one occasions and also at the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers and at Royal Society of British Artists.[3] Naper was the subject of several paintings by other artists living in Lamorna, including her husband Charles Naper, Ruth Simpson, and Harold Knight. She is one of the models in Harold Harvey's painting The Critics (1922) and was also painted by, and produced some work with, Gluck.[7] Naper features in several works by Laura Knight,[1] including Spring (1916-1920)[8] and is the model Knight is seen painting in Self Portrait (1913).[9]

Further reading

  • Ella & Charles Naper and the Lamorna Artists by John Branfield,(Sansom & Co.)
  • Laura Knight - Representations of Women by Helen Hoyle, September 2010, Women Artists in Cornwall blog.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ella Naper". cornwell artists index. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Caroline Fox (1985). Painting in Newlyn 1900-1930. Newlyn Orion. ISBN 0 9506579 4 8.
  3. ^ a b Catherine Wallace (2002). Under the Open Sky - The Paintings of the Newlyn and Lamorna Artists 1880-1940 in the Public Collections of Cornwall and Plymouth. truran. ISBN 978 185022 168 5.
  4. ^ "The Official Dame Laura Knight Website: Biography". Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Two Dancers". BBC/Public Catalogue Foundation. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  6. ^ Rosie Broadley (2013). Laura Knight Portraits. National Portrait Gallery,London. ISBN 978-1-85514-463-7.
  7. ^ "Gluck". cornwell artists index. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Catalogue entry for Spring (1916-1920)". Tate. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  9. ^ Tessa Hadley (6 July 2013). "Laura Knight:The unashamed illustrator". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  10. ^ Helen Hoyle (17 September 2010). "Laura Knight - Representations of Women". Women Artists in Cornwall. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
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