Elizabeth Whitehead (artist) explained

Elizabeth Whitehead
Birth Date:	1854 11, df=yes
Birth Place:	Royal Leamington Spa, England
Death Place:	Royal Leamington Spa, England
Nationality:	English
Field:	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. She exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts and the Society of British Artists.^[3]

Whitehead died in Leamington on 18 June 1934.

External links

• A selection of works by or after Elizabeth Whitehead on Art UK

Notes and References

1. Web site: Elizabeth WHITEHEAD. Cornwall Artists Index. en. 2019-02-15.
2. Web site: Frederick William Newton Whitehead (1853-1938) and Elizabeth Whitehead (1854-1934), Artists . October 1, 2015. Discover Royal Leamington Spa. en-US. 2019-02-15.
3. Book: Desmond, Ray. Dictionary Of British And Irish Botantists And Horticulturalists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. 2002. CRC Press. 9781466573871. 3187. en.