Lilian Parker Explained

Lilian Parker
Birth Name:Lilian Gertrude Wells
Birth Date:1874
Birth Place:Bolton, England
Death Place:Weston-Super-Mare, England
Nationality:British
Alma Mater:Royal College of Art
Known For:Painting, sculpture

Lilian Gertrude Parker née Lilian Gertrude Wells (1874–1947) was a British sculptor and painter.

Biography

Lilian Parker was born in Bolton in Lancashire where her father was a Wesleyan minister, which led to the family also living in Bromsgrove and Lowestoft for some periods of time and Lilian being largely educated at Clapham Park in London.[1] She studied at the Royal College of Art in London where she received several medals and won two Queen's Prizes in National Art School Competitions.[1] [2]

Throughout her career Parker created portrait busts and figures and also painted watercolours.[2] She exhibited works at both the Royal Academy in London between 1902 and 1927 and at the Paris Salon and with the Société des Artistes Français.[1] She also exhibited with the Royal Watercolour Society, the Royal Drawing Society and at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.[1] In 1902 she was elected an associate member of the Royal Drawing Society and in 1919 an associate of the Royal Watercolour Society.[1] She lived and worked in London and in 1908 married Frank Parker, a school master, and died in 1947 at Weston-Super-Mare in Somerset.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sara Gray. Dark River. 2019. British Women Artists. A Biographical Dictionary of 1000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts . 978-1-911121-63-3.
  2. Book: James Mackay. Antique Collectors' Club. 1977. The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze . 0902028553.