Mary Lemon Waller
Mary Lemon Waller | |
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| Born | Mary Lemon Fowler 1851 Bideford, Devon, England |
| Died | 1931 (aged 79–80) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Royal Academy Schools |
| Known for | Portrait Paintings |
| Spouse | Samuel Edmund Waller |
Mary Lemon Waller (born Mary Lemon Fowler) (1851–1931)[1] was a British portrait painter, who specialised in child portraits.
Biography[edit]
Mary Lemon was born to Rev. Hugh Fowler of Burnwood, Gloucestershire.[2] She began her education in art at an Art School in Gloucester, and later studied at the Royal Academy schools.[3] Waller began exhibiting paintings as early as age 20,[4] and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1877 to 1904.[2] She married genre painter Samuel Edmund Waller in 1874; the couple lived in London and had one son.[4] Waller exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[5] In 1925, Waller became a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.[6]
Waller's works can be seen at several venues in the United Kingdom: Cragside, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, and Somerville College, Oxford.[1]
Exhibitions[edit]
- Royal Academy Schools
- Royal Society of Portrait Painters
- Society of Women Artists
- Walker Art Gallery
- Royal Institute of Oil Painters
- Dudley Museum and Art Gallery
- Grosvenor Gallery
- Manchester City Art Gallery
- Royal Scottish Academy
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Mary Lemon Waller (1851–1931) | Art UK". ArtUK. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ a b Gibson, Frank W. "Waller Samuel Edmund". Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 Supplement.
- ^ Nichols, Dr. Kathleen L. "British Women Painters: 1893 Exposition—page 4". arcadiasystems.org. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Portraits In the Cutlers' Hall: On the Ground Floor, Main and Rear Stairs" (PDF). cutlers-hallamshire.org.uk. The Company of the Cutlers in Hallamshire. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2017.
- ^ Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ Ltd, e3 Media. "Winifred Margaret Watson-Armstrong (1894–1912) 1230399 | National Trust Collections". www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
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External links[edit]
Media related to Mary Lemon Waller at Wikimedia Commons- 11 artworks by or after Mary Lemon Waller at the Art UK site
- Mary Lemon Waller on MutualArt.com
- Mary Lemon Waller on Artnet.com
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