Jump to content

Mary Dawson Elwell

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mary Dawson Elwell
portrait by Frederick William Elwell (1904)
Born
Mary Bishop

(1874-08-13)13 August 1874
West Derby, England
Died29 August 1952(1952-08-29) (aged 78)
Beverley, England
EducationEllerslie Ladies' College
Known forPainting

Mary Dawson Elwell (13 August 1874 – 29 August 1952) was a British painter.[1] She is known for her landscapes and interiors.[2]

Elwell née Bishop was born on 13 August 1874 in West Derby, England, a suburb of Liverpool. She attended Ellerslie Ladies' College in Manchester[3] She was married to Arthur Holmes and after his death she married fellow artist Frederick William Elwell.[4] She was a member of the Society of Women Artists and exhibited with the Royal Academy of Arts and the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.[3]

Elwell died on 29 August 1952 in Beverley.[3] Her paintings are held at Beverley Art Gallery, the Paisley Museum and Art Galleries and North Lincolnshire Museum.[2]

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Mary Dawson (Bishop) Elwell". ArtNet. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Elwell, Mary Dawson, 1874–1952". Art UK. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Elwell, Frederick William [Fred]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/109544. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ "Elwell, Mary Dawson". East Riding Museums. Retrieved 14 August 2023.