Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse
Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse | |
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 Portrait of the Artist's Wife (John William Waterhouse, 1885 circa) | |
| Born | Esther Maria Kenworthy 1857 |
| Died | 1944 (aged 86–87) |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse |
John William Waterhouse
(m.1883) |
Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse(1857–1944), bornEsther Maria Kenworthy,was a British artist who exhibited her flower-paintings at theRoyal Academyin London and elsewhere.
Waterhouse was the daughter of James Lees Kenworthy, an artist and schoolmaster fromEaling,in West London; and Elizabeth, a school-mistress.[1]She married her fellow artistJohn William Waterhouseat the parish church in Ealing, in 1883, and thereafter used the name Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse.[1]Initially, they lived in a purpose built artistic colony inPrimrose Hill,where the houses had studios. In around 1900, they moved toSt John's Wood.[1]Waterhouse exhibited her flower paintings at the Royal Academy and with theRoyal Society of British Artistsin London. [2]
Waterhouse is buried, along with her husband, atKensal Green Cemetery,and his portrait of her is now owned bySheffield City Art Galleries.[1]
References[edit]
- ^abcdPeter Trippi(2004), "Waterhouse, John William (1849–1917)",Oxford Dictionary of National Biography,Oxford University Press
- ^Christopher Wood (1978).The Dictionary of Victorian Painters.Antique Collectors' Club.ISBN0-902028-72-3.
External links[edit]
- Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse,portrait,Waterhouse
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