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Berenice Sydney (1944–1983), born Berenice Frieze, professionally known as 'Berenice', was a prolific English artist who produced a substantial body of work from 1964 until her death in 1983. Her oeuvre consists of paintings on canvas and paper, drawings, prints, children's books, costume design and performance. A memorial exhibition of her work was held at the Royal Academy in 1984 followed by solo shows in Italy, Abu Dhabi, Gulf of Bahrain, Switzerland and Great Britain and continue to be featured in print and watercolour shows held in Burlington House. Her work is in over 100 private and public collections.〔The papers of Berenice Sydney (TGA 200711), Tate Archive, The Archive of British Art since 1900, London〕] ==Biography== Berenice Sydney was born in Esher, Surrey in 1944 and educated from the age of six at the Lycée Français de Londres. From her early years she studied ballet with Marie Rambert and classical guitar with Adele Kramer. As an adult she balanced a rigorous work schedule in her studio by training at the Dance Centre in Covent Garden and attending flamenco dance studios in Hampstead and New York City. Berenice lived with the distinguished photographer Romano Cagnoni from 1965, and they got married at the Harringay Council London in the year 1970. In addition to reading the classics and studying mythology she was fluent in five languages. She was enrolled at the Central School of Art and Design, but left formal art education to set up a studio in Chelsea.〔Buckman, David ''Artists in Britain Since 1945'' (Art Dictionaries Ltd; Enl Upd edition: October 2006) ISBN 0-9532609-5-X ISBN 978-0-9532609-5-9〕 She participated in over 40 exhibitions before her death of an asthma attack at the age of 37. She is buried in the eastern section of (Highgate Cemetery ), just off the main western path, at its northern end. Her father, the documentary filmmaker Joseph Sydney Frieze, died a few months later and is buried with her. Lord McAlpine gave the eulogy at her funeral also attended by Dr. David Brown then the Assistant Keeper in Modern Collections at the Tate Gallery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Berenice Sydney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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