Frances Richards was married to the artist Ceri Richards and had her first one- man exhibition at the Redfern Gallery in 1945. She studied at the Royal College of Art, taught at the Camberwell School of Art 1928-39 and at the Chelsea School of Art 1947-1959. The Tate Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of her work. Ref; Buckman;Peppin;Horne. among others.