Mary McCrossan explained

Mary McCrossan
Birth Date:1865
Birth Place:Liverpool, England
Nationality:British
Known For:Artist

Mary McCrossan (1865 - 3 November 1934) was a British painter, who painted landscapes and marine scenes.

Biography

McCrossan was born in Liverpool and attended the Liverpool School of Art and subsequently studied at the Académie Delécluse in Paris.[1] McCrossan was a successful student, winning gold and silver medals and a travelling scholarship while at Liverpool and a silver medal and a travelling scholarship during her time in Paris.[2] McCrossan moved to St Ives in Cornwall where she studied with the artist Albert Julius Olsson and established her own studio.[3] Later she would also maintain a studio at Cheyne Walk in London.[2]

McCrossan exhibited with the New English Art Club, the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers and at the Paris Salon.[4] She first exhibited at the Royal Academy in London in 1898.[5] During her career she exhibited some twenty-two pieces in total there.[2] In 1914 McCrossan exhibited views of Venice at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris.[5] In 1926, she was elected to the Royal Society of British Artists.[4] The Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool held a memorial exhibition for McCrossan and the Contemporary Art Society hold examples of her work.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Frances Spalding. Antique Collectors' Club. 1990. 20th Century Painters and Sculptors . 1-85149-106-6.
  2. Book: Marion Whybrow. Antique Collectors' Club. 1994. St Ives 1883-1993 Portrait of an Art Colony . 1851491708.
  3. Web site: Mary McCrossan. 1 July 2018. Cornwall Artists Index.
  4. Book: Grant M. Waters. Eastbourne Fine Art. 1975. Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950.
  5. Book: Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 9 Maele-Muller. 2-7000-3079-6.