Biography
Frances Macdonald (b. Wallasey, Cheshire, UK 1914 - d. 2002). landscape painter, particularly of scenes in Wales and the South of France. was the great-granddaughter of a portrait painter in Dublin. Macdonald studied at Wallasey School of Art 1930–4 and the Royal College of Art in London under Sir William Rothenstein and Barnett Freedman (1934–8). She was an Official War Artist (1940–6). Her first solo exhibition was at Wildenstein's in 1947 and she also exhibited at the Alfred Brod Gallery. She was married to the artist Leonard Appelbee (1914-2000).
