Sybil Marjory Atteck (3 February 1911 − 15 April 1975)[1] was a pioneering Trinidadian painter known for her work in watercolor, oils, ceramics, acrylics and mixed media.
[3][4] Sybil Atteck was born on 3 February 1911 on her grandfather's cocoa estate at Tableland, Princes Town Region, South Trinidad.
[6] In January 1930 she joined the Botanical Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, where she worked as a cartographer and scientific illustrator.
After her return from North America she developed an expressionist style and this remained a prominent feature of her art for much of her career.
[6] In April 2011 the exhibition Women and Art — A Journey to the Past, Perspectives on the Future that opened at Trinidad's National Museum and Art Gallery, marking 100 years of International Women’s Day, was dedicated to Sybil Atteck on the centenary of her birth,[4] and her painting Indian Festival was reproduced on the catalogue cover.