Jacqueline Morreau
Jacqueline Morreau is known for her drawings and paintings that depict women as protagonists in mythical scenes, often as psychological explorations of maternal relationships. She began studying art at the age of 14 at the Chouinard Art Institute (1943–7), followed by Jepson’s Art Institute (1946–c.9) and Los Angeles City College (1947–9), before qualifying as a medical illustrator from the University of California Medical School (1958). She moved to London in 1972 where she became known as a leading feminist and figurative artist. Active in 1970s and 80s feminist circles, Morreau exhibited with the Women’s Arts Alliance (1978) and co-organised two touring exhibitions of works by women artists (Women’s Images of Men and About Time) for the Institute of Contemporary Art (1980). Within her lifetime, her career was the subject of a touring retrospective (1998–9) and an ‘Artists’ Lives’ episode as part of the British Library series. She was a visiting lecturer in drawing at the Royal College of Art and Oxford Brookes University, and Professor of Art at Regent’s College until 1998.
Selected Collections
British Museum, London
Rochdale Art Gallery
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Norfolk Museums Service
Further Reading
Agee, Joyce, Jacquline Morreau, and Lisa Tickner (eds.). Women’s Images of Men. London: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1980.
Jacqueline Morreau: Themes & Variations. London: Artemis Press, 1996. Exhibition catalogue.
Pollock, Griselda and Rozsika Parker. Framing Feminism: Art and the Women’s Movement 1970–1985. London: Pandora, 1995.
