Alice des Clayes | |
Birth Date: | 22 December 1890 |
Birth Place: | Aberdeen, Scotland |
Death Place: | London, England |
Nationality: | Scottish |
Education: | Bushey School of Art with Lucy Kemp Welch; at Newlyn; and at Ambleteuse with Dudley Hardy |
Known For: | Painter of animals |
Alice des Clayes (1890–1968) was a Scottish painter, sister to Berthe des Clayes.[1] Born in Aberdeen. She studied at the Bushey School of Art with Lucy Kemp Welch, who specialized in painting horses; at Newlyn and at Ambleteuse with Dudley Hardy. She emigrated to Montreal Quebec in 1914.[2] In 1920 she was made a non-resident member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[3] Alice des Clayes returned to England in 1938.[4]
Her work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec[5] and the National Gallery of Canada.[6]