Cyril Power 1872 - 1951

Cyril Edward Power was born in London. Trained as an architect with his father's firm, won RIBA's Soane Medallion in 1900; then continued practising until World War I, when he served with the Royal Flying Corps. In 1921 met Sybil Andrews, with whom he maintained a close and somewhat informal working relationship which lasted some 20 years. Power and Sybil Andrews enrolled at Heatherley's School of Fine Art, London in 1925 when he was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Power also helped Iain McNab and Claude Flight set up The Grosvenor School of Modern Art in Warwick Square, London By now Power was busy as a printmaker and watercolourist, showing at pioneering Redfern Gallery print exhibitions in 1930s. Later in his life he turned to painting in oils with a palette knife. Exhibited at RA, RBA, Goupil Gallery and Royal Glasgow Institute. Retrospective exhibition was held at Redfern Gallery in 1998.