Genevieve Pilley: 50 years’ devotion to Ruskin at the Meersbrook Museum
Genevieve Pilley, “Vieva”, was born in Sheffield in 1878. She started work at the Ruskin Museum at Meersbrook, aged 20, looking after the Library, becoming the Museum curator in 1931. Helen Parker gives an illustrated talk on her which tells of a spirited, devout and talented woman, a true Ruskinian, and exceptional illuminating artist, who […]