(1903 - 1996)
Ray Howard-Jones was born in Lambourn, Berkshire. She studied at the Slade School of Fine Art where she was taught by Philip Wilson Steer and Henry Tonks. She changed her public name from ‘Rosemary’ to ‘Ray’ in 1935, which coincided with her first professional solo exhibition at London’s Bloomsbury Gallery. Howard-Jones was one of the few women to become an accredited War Artist, documenting the coastal defences of South Wales and the D-day preparations around Cardiff Docks.
