Margaret Beale
Margaret Grace Beale (30 June 1886 – 17 January 1969)[1] was a British artist, notable as a painter of seascapes and marine craft, who worked in both oils and watercolours.[2]
Biography
Beale was born at Yaldham in Kent and took art lessons in London from William Orpen between 1906 and 1908.[3] In the following years she was a pupil of Percyval Tudor-Hart, first in Paris and then, during 1911 and 1912, in London.[3] Beale eventually settled at Chidham in Sussex. There she had a studio overlooking the harbour and the sea and marine craft, especially yachts, became regular subjects of her paintings.[3] Beale was a keen small-boat sailor and was present at the first meeting, in February 1939, of the Royal Society of Marine Artists and participated in the Society's inaugural exhibition.[4] Beale was an active member of the Chichester Art Society and had a solo exhibition in the town.[3] The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich holds examples of her work.[3]
References
- ^ "Legal Notices". The Times. No. 57480. London England. 8 February 1969. p. 4.
- ^ Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
- ^ a b c d e David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0 953260 95 X.
- ^ Royal Society of Marine Artists (1996). A Celebration of Marine Art - Sixty Years of the Royal Society of Marine Artists. Bounty Books. ISBN 978-0-7537-2468-2.