Landscape painter and influential teacher, known informally as Pindi, born in Swalecliffe, Kent. As her father was a coastguard officer there were frequent moves and she was mainly educated by her mother. Her early talent was encouraged and after the final move, to Holyhead, in 1913, and tuition by a local art teacher, John Owen Owen, Bridle enrolled at Dublin Metropolitan School of Art, 1915, under Sean Keating, Oliver Shepherd, James Golden and George Atkinson, who especially influenced her watercolour technique. She completed her certificate course with distinction in 1918; among awards was the Dublin Society Taylor Scholarship, 1919–20, enabling her to attend the Royal College of Art, 1921–5, under William Rothenstein, Thomas Derrick being an important teacher, Cézanne a key influence.

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)


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