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Flora Caroline Twort (24 June 1893 - 20 September 1985) was an English painter who specialised in watercolours and of the scenes and people of Petersfield, Hampshire.
Twort began painting at the age of four, and was educated at the South Hampstead High School,Who was Flora Twort?, HantsWeb biography London School of Art, the Regent Street Polytechnic and the Slade School of Art.
Twort was a friend of Nevil Shute, who in 1925 proposed marriage to her, unsuccessfully, though they remained lifelong friends Timeline 1921-1930, Neville Shute Norway Foundation and she became godmother to his daughter Shirley Anne. Timeline 1931-1940, Neville Shute Norway Foundation For a short period in 1939, Shute and his family lived at The Old Mill at Langstone, which she owned.
Her pictures, usually watercolours, typically contain local scenes of Petersfield which are filled with people and animals, with such subjects as The Square on Market Day, or the fair on Petersfield Heath. She also produced drawings in pencil, crayon, charcoal and pastel, including portraits.
Her studio was above this shop until 1948, when the three partners decided to give up the shop and Twort moved to a studio in the nearby Church Path. Her work was exhibited in the Royal Academy and other London galleries. She continued to paint until she was 81.
On her death in 1985 she bequeathed her studio cottage and pictures to Hampshire County Council. A selection of her pictures is now displayed in her old studios, which have become the Flora Twort Gallery; the selection is changed twice per year. Hampshire County Council has also put 600 of her pictures online.
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