Elizabeth Whitehead (artist)
Appearance
Elizabeth Whitehead | |
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Born | Royal Leamington Spa, England | 21 November 1854
Died | 18 June 1934 Royal Leamington Spa, England | (aged 79)
Nationality | English |
Known for | painting |
Elizabeth Whitehead (21 November 1854 – 18 June 1934) was an English painter known for her flower paintings.[1][2] Her work is in the public collections of the Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum and Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum in England and the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
Whitehead was born in Royal Leamington Spa in 1854, the Whitehead family lived at 3 Lansdowne Terrace. She studied at the Leamington School of Art then travelled to Paris with her brother Frederick Whitehead to attend the Académie Julian.[2] She exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts and the Society of British Artists.[3]
Whitehead died in Leamington on 18 June 1934.[1]
External links
[edit]- A selection of works by or after Elizabeth Whitehead on Art UK
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Elizabeth WHITEHEAD". Cornwall Artists Index. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Frederick William Newton Whitehead (1853-1938) and Elizabeth Whitehead (1854-1934), Artists". Discover Royal Leamington Spa. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ Desmond, Ray (2002). Dictionary Of British And Irish Botantists And Horticulturalists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. CRC Press. p. 3187. ISBN 9781466573871.