Early Life and Artistic Beginnings Born: February 14, 1890, in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales Parents: George Edward Hamnett (an army officer) and Mary Elizabeth De Blois. Early education at a private boarding school in Westgate-on-Sea and later at the Royal School for Daughters of Officers of the Army in Bath, Somerset (1902-1905). Studied at the Pelham Art School (1906-1907) and the London School of Art (until 1910), developing skills in portraiture and landscape painting. Moved to Montparnasse, Paris, in 1914 to study at Marie Vassilieff's Academy, immersing herself in th…