Maud Naftel
Maud Naftel | |
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| Born | 1856 |
| Died | 1890 Chelsea, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Slade School of Art |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Known for | Watercolour painting |
| Parent(s) | Paul Jacob NaftelandIsabel Naftel |
Maud Naftel(1856–1890) was a British watercolourist.[1]
Life[edit]
Naftel was born in 1856, the daughter ofIsabel OakleyandPaul Jacob Naftelwho were both watercolour painters.[1][2]She has been reported as an only child but it is thought that another artist named Isabel Naftel was her sister.[2]Maud was trained in painting by her father, at theSlade School of Fine Artand byCarolus-Duranin Paris.[3]
Naftel exhibited at the Dudley Art Gallery and with their Society.[3]She was considered to the "only true" flower painter as her parents, her sister and her two painting aunts had different or wider painting interests.[4]Her illustrated book "Flowers and How to Paint Them"[1]was published in 1886 and it became a standard work.[3][2]
Naftel died in London in 1890 at her father's home in Chelsea. She was one of the first people to be cremated atWoking Crematorium.She had been a member of theCremation Society of Great Britain.[3]
References[edit]
- ^abc"Women 2018 - Category: Women 2018 - Image: 25. Maud Naftel, 1856-1890".maasgallery.co.uk.Retrieved3 January2019.
- ^abcChristopher Wood (1978).The Dictionary of Victorian Painters.Antique Collectors' Club.ISBN0-902028-72-3.
- ^abcd"Naftel, Paul Jacob (1817–1891), watercolour painter and art teacher | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19719.Retrieved3 January2019.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^Problem Pictures: Women and Men in Victorian Painting.Taylor & Francis. 5 July 2017. pp. 40–.ISBN978-1-351-55315-5.
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