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: '''Sonia Lawson R.A.''', R.W.S, R.W.A, (b.June 1934) is an English contemporary artist originally from North Yorkshire.

: '''Sonia Lawson R.A.''', R.W.S, R.W.A, (b.June 1934) is an English contemporary artist originally from North Yorkshire.

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[[File:Sonia Lawson R.A. (artist).jpg|thumb|Sonia Lawson R.A.(artist) photographed in 2010 at her home in Bedfordshire.]]

===== Early Life =====

===== Early Life =====
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Sonia was born into a family of artists. Her father Fred Lawson was 22 years older than her mother Muriel Metcalfe, both lived and worked in the small hamlet of Castle Bolton, Leyburn, North Yorkshire[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Bolton]].
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Sonia was born into a family of artists. Her father Fred Lawson was 22 years older than her mother Muriel Metcalfe, both lived and worked in the small village of Castle Bolton, Leyburn, North Yorkshire[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Bolton]].

Muriel suffered from Grave's Disease and was unble to care for the infant Sonia therefore she was brought up by her mother's sister: Marjorie Walker in the nearby town of Leyburn.

Muriel suffered from Grave's Disease and was unble to care for the infant Sonia therefore she was brought up by her mother's sister: Marjorie Walker in the nearby town of Leyburn.
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In 1960 she appeared as one of four young artists selected for John Schlesinger's BBC TV Monitor Documentary "A Private View"

In 1960 she appeared as one of four young artists selected for John Schlesinger's BBC TV Monitor Documentary "A Private View"

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[[File:Sonia Lawson R.A. (artist).jpg|thumb|Sonia Lawson R.A.(artist) photographed in 2010 at her home in Bedfordshire.]]
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[[File:Unititled. Oil on Canvas c 1968.jpg|thumb|Unititled. Oil on Canvas c 1968]]

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