Alice des Clayes explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Bradfield . Helen . Art Gallery of Ontario: the Canadian Collection . 1970 . McGraw Hill . Toronto . 0070925046. 2021-03-29.
  2. Web site: Les Cahiers des Dix. Dix. 2008.
  3. Book: McMann . Evelyn . Royal Canadian Academy of Arts . 1981 . University of Toronto Press. Toronto. 2022-11-21.
  4. Web site: Canadian Women Artists History Initiative : Artist Database : Artists : DES CLAYES, Alice.
  5. Web site: Des Clayes, Alice.
  6. Web site: Alice des Clayes . www.gallery.ca . National Gallery of Canada . 21 November 2022.