Emily Stannard (landscape artist)
English artist known for painting (1875–1906) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the still life painter (1802–1885), see Emily Stannard.
Emily Stannard RI (1875–1906) was an English painter, primarily of watercolours.[note 1] Her professional career was short lasting from 1896 to her early death in 1906. She is known for her rural landscapes of her native Bedfordshire which are in the tradition of Victorian romanticism and naturalism. One of five children of the sporting painter Henry Stannard (1844-1920), all of whom painted Emily Stannard was especially adept at capturing the beauty and solitude of the Bedfordshire countryside.[1] She exhibited seven watercolours at the Royal Academy of Arts in London between 1900 and 1903.[2]
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Born | (1875-01-27)27 January 1875 Eversholt, Bedfordshire, England |
Died | 31 March 1906(1906-03-31) (aged 31) Bedford, England |
Known for | Watercolours, |
Notable work | On the Ouse (1893), Spring in Bedfordshire (1898) |
Movement | Landscape painting, Victorian Genre painting. |
Awards | Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, Royal Society of British Artists |
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