Edith Carr (artist)
Edith Carr (24 February 1875 – 29 January 1949) was a British artist, notable as a portrait and miniature painter.[1]
Biography
Carr was born in Croydon in south London, where her father was a merchant.[1] After a private education, Carr studied at the Croydon School of Art and then in Paris at the Académie Delécluse where she was taught by Georges Callot.[2] Carr painted miniatures and portraits and exhibited some twenty pieces at the Royal Academy in London.[1] She was a member of the Royal Miniature Society and exhibited with the Society of Women Artists and at the Paris Salon between 1907 and 1943.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b c The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. 1997. ISBN 1 85149 173 2.
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(help) - ^ Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
- ^ David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0 953260 95 X.
- ^ Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 3 Bulow-Cossin. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2 7000 3073 7.
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