At the end of World War I she moved to Petersfield, Hampshire where she ran a bookshop at Numbers 1 and 2, The Square. Her studio was above this shop until 1948, when she moved it to the nearby Church Path. Her work was exhibited in the Royal Academy and other galleries.
Upon her death, she bequeathed her pictures to Hampshire County Council. They are now displayed in her old studios, which have become the Flora Twort Gallery.
External links
The Flora Twort Gallery (http://www.hants.gov.uk/museum/floratwo/index.html)
Examples of the work of Flora Twort (http://www.hants.gov.uk/museum/floratwo/flora/gallery.html)
Twort began painting at the age of four, and was educated at South Hampstead High School, the London School of Art, the London Polytechnic and the Slade School of Art.
Her work was exhibited in the Royal Academy and other London galleries, and she continued to paint until she was 81.
A selection of her pictures is now displayed in her old studios, which have become the FloraTwort Gallery; the selection is changed twice per year.
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