Marjorie May Bacon Explained

Marjorie May Bacon
Birth Date:6 January 1902
Birth Place:Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Death Place:Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Nationality:British
Known For:Painting
Spouse:Henry Macbeth-Raeburn (m. 1936–1947, his death)

Marjorie May Bacon, later Marjorie Macbeth-Raeburn (6 January 1902  - 9 February 1988) was a British printmaker and painter.

Biography

Bacon was born in Ipswich and lived in Great Yarmouth as a child.[1] Bacon attended Yarmouth Art School from 1914 - 23 where she won a scholarship in 1917 and by 1921 passed the Board of Education's drawing examinations at the earliest age possible.[2] She studied at the Norwich School of Art and then at the Royal College of Art in London, obtaining her diploma in 1927.[3]

Bacon produced aquatints, wood-engravings and lithographs.[4] She exhibited at the Royal Academy and with the New English Art Club.[5] Her Royal Academy exhibits included Miss Aline Wilson of Welby Park, 1934.[6] An oil painting by Bacon depicting Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret as children riding on horses is held in the Royal Collection.[7] In 1936, in London, Bacon married the artist Henry Macbeth-Raeburn and, by 1939, the couple were living in Great Yarmouth. In the 1940s, she was a member of, and exhibited with, the Ipswich Art Club.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bacon, Marjorie May (1902-1988). 17 April 2018. Suffolk Artists.
  2. Book: Bury, Stephen. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University. 2012.
  3. Book: Frances Spalding. Antique Collectors' Club. 1990. 20th Century Painters and Sculptors . 1-85149-106-6.
  4. Book: Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 1 A-Bedeschini. 2-7000-3070-2.
  5. Book: Grant M. Waters. Eastbourne Fine Art. Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950 Volume II.
  6. Web site: Bacon, Marjorie May. Suffolk Artists. 19 March 2019.
  7. Web site: Princess Elizabeth (1926-) and Princess Margaret (1930-2002) Riding. Royal Collection Trust. 20 March 2019.