Rosalie Emslie Explained

Rosalie Emslie
Birth Date:26 January 1891
Birth Place:London, England
Nationality:British
Education:Royal Academy Schools
Known For:Painting

Rosalie Emslie (26 January 1891 – 1977) was a British artist known for her landscape and portrait paintings.

Biography

Emslie was born in London into an artistic family.[1] Her grandfather was the engraver John Emslie while her father was the artist Alfred Edward Emslie and her mother was the noted miniature painter Rosalie M. Emslie.[2] Although born in London, the family home being in Poland Street in Westminster, after 1901 she lived for a time in Otford in Kent with her mother and aunt.[3] The younger Rosalie Emslie was privately educated before attending the Royal Academy Schools between 1913 and 1918.[4] She went on to study in Spain, Italy and France.[1]

Emslie exhibited on a regular basis at the Royal Academy and with the New English Art Club and the Society of Women Artists.[1] She was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1922.[4] Emslie also exhibited in America and Italy. For a time she lived in Petersfield in Hampshire and then in Reigate with the artist Florence May Asher.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: David Buckman. Art Dictionaries Ltd. 2006. Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L . 0-953260-95-X.
  2. Book: Brian Stewart & Mervyn Cutten. Antique Collectors' Club. 1997. The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920. 1-85149-173-2.
  3. Web site: Miniature portrait of an unknown elderly man. 31 May 2018. Victoria and Albert Museum.
  4. Book: Grant M. Waters. Eastbourne Fine Art. 1975. Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950.