page_title: Dorothy Hepworth
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Dorothy Hepworth / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: The grave of Patricia Reece and Dororthy Hepworth in Cookham Parish Cemetery in 2018
context_page_description: Dorothy Mary Hepworth was a British painter and the life partner of Patricia Preece. Hepworth signed Preece's name to many of Hepworth's paintings, even after Preece's death.
context_section_description: It is believed that many, if not all, of the much-accoladed paintings of Preece were created by Hepworth. Preece attributed the paintings to herself, with the consent of Hepworth, who was shy and preferred not to appear in public. Hepworth's work attributed to Preece was exhibited in London at the Royal Academy of Arts, the Warren Gallery, Maddox Street, in 1928 and the Lefevre Gallery, King Street, in 1936. Some of the paintings were purchased by Kenneth Clark, Virginia Woolf and Augustus John, among others. Until 1996, it was believed that the two collaborated on many of the works. Evidence for Hepworth's creating them herself comes from diaries that the two shared, where Preece admits to having had little hand in the creation of the paintings.
caption: The grave of Hepworth and Preece in Cookham Parish churchyard in 2018
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