![]() ![]() This was especially helpful following the death of her father when she was only seventeen her sister also set up a kindergarten at home to help bring in funds. Industrious and determined, Cicely was able to assist with the family finances. Shortly afterwards she decided to devote her career to painting, and sold her work to magazines, manufacturers of postcards and greetings cards, and later to book publishers. ![]() It was at this time also that she sold her first piece of work – a set of images for greetings cards. The art critic for the Croydon Advertiser commented, ‘Her drawings show a remarkable freedom of spirit. Cicely’s artistic abilities were recognized early and by age sixteen she became a life member of the Croydon Art Society, which made her the youngest-ever person to receive this honour. ![]()
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