Violet Brunton


Violet Brunton, also known as Victor du Lac, was an English sculptor, painter, and illustrator.

Biography

Violet E.E. Brunton was born in Brighouse, Yorkshire; her father, Arthur D. Brunton, was also an artist. She was educated at the Southport School of Art, the Liverpool School of Art, and finally the Royal College of Art in London. She trained in woodcarving, miniature painting, and illustration. She won a County Palatine Scholarship and a City of Liverpool scholarship and a number of medals while still a student.
By 1903–04, Brunton's distinctive illustrations, drawings, and designs were being published in art magazines. During the 1920s, Brunton contributed illustrations to a number of books, including two volumes of fairy tales edited by Romer Wilson. In her oil paintings, she tended towards classical and mythological subjects.
She exhibited work at the Royal Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute, the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, and elsewhere.

Books illustrated by Brunton

She married W.H. Angless, a musician, in 1930 and afterwards used the name Mrs. Brunton-Angless.