Tanya Turton

Origin- Russian; Education- American; Nationality-British
Parents: Ivan Alexander Rubinsky &
Alina Francevna Braun-White Russian emigres
Children Andrei (born in Port Said, Egypt)
Elia (born in Damascus, Syria)
Tatiana /Tanya (born in Beirut, Lebanon)
All attended the American Community School in Beirut
On graduation Tanya went to Wellesley College, Mass. 1949-1951
Attended Harvard Summer School 1950
Worked in the United Nations Secretariat 1951-1955
Married Cecil Nigel Turton in London, UK, 1955
Children: Rurik, Nicholas, Mary, Paul
First solo art exhibition, Darien Connecticut, -1970
Assisted husband as Freelance Translators 1955-1975
School Art teacher, part-time, 1972-1976
After twenty years my husband, Nigel, died (1975)
Medical copywriter with Smithkline & French 1976-1981
Public Relations Officer of the Natl. Pharm Assoc. 1981-1989
Member of the Institute of Public Relations
Hamilton Andrews- partner for fourteen years ( d 1998)
Development Officer-Natl.Assoc.for Colitis & Crohns 1989-1991
Art tutor for U3A group 1992-2003
Art exhibition in Borlase Gallery, Blewbury, Oxfordshire 1994
Art exhibitions Boxfield Gallery, Stevenage, Herts, 1995, 2003
David Best- partner for seven years (d 2008)
Freelance writer of articles for local magazine 2000-2007
Organised web-site Artisttanyaturton.co.uk 2007
Edited, wrote, revised material for this book 2008