Sheila Fell: A Passion for Paint

Biography

Born in 1931, Sheila Fell grew up in Aspatria, a typical West Cumbrian mining village. Whilst gaining a place at the Carlisle College of Art at 17, within two years she had obtained a place at St. Martin’s School of Art, London. Here, she befriended Frank Auerbach, amongst other contemporaries, and went on to teach at the Chelsea School o... See more

History is full of what-ifs. It is tantalising to speculate what Sheila Fell, already recognised at her death as a significant force in 20th-century painting, might have gone on to achieve.