Bernard Adeney (2 August 1878 – 4 April 1966) was an English painter and textile designer. He was a founding member of the London Group, an artists' exhibiting society, and was its president from 1921 to 1923. Between 1930 and 1947, he was head of the textile school at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, where he had taught since 1903.[ One of his most notable works is the painting Toy Sailing Boats (1911), which formed part of a seven-piece collection of panels painted for Borough Polytechnic under the direction of Roger Fry.]['The London Group: Recent Developments In British Painting', The Times, 6 November 1951.] Barley Fields,['London Group: Works by Young Artists', The Times, 3 November 1953.] West Wittering,['Art Exhibitions: The National Society', The Times, 11 February 1932.] Pond and Trees, Farm Buildings and The Parade, Cowes.[Mr. Bernard Adeney, The Times, 24 October 1928.]
Adeney was born on 2 August 1878 in London, the son of Canon W. F. Adeney. He started his art training in St John's Wood Art School when only nine years old,[ He married the painter Thérèse Lessore in 1909 and they were divorced in 1921.]
