Rosalie M. Emslie Explained

Rosalie M. Emslie
Birth Date:12 March 1854
Birth Place:St Pancras, London, England
Death Place:Otford, Kent, England
Nationality:British
Spouse:Alfred Edward Emslie
Children:Rosalie Emslie

Rosalie Maria Emslie (née Watson), sometime Mrs. A. E. Emslie (12 March 1854 – 8 January 1932) was a British painter of miniature portraits.

Emslie was born in London and became proficient at watercolour painting and attended the Royal Academy Schools.[1] She worked in London where she met and married her husband, the painter Alfred Edward Emslie. She exhibited at the Royal Academy, the New Water-Colour Society and the Salon de la Société Nationale from 1888 to 1912.[2] Her miniatures are in various collections, most notably the Victoria and Albert Museum that holds her self-portrait, and the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers.[3]

Emslie died in Otford, Kent. Her daughter, Rosalie Emslie, also became a painter.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Grant M. Waters. Eastbourne Fine Art. 1975. Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950.
  2. http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00058786 Rosalie M. Emslie
  3. https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1184613/miniature-self-portrait-set-in-portrait-miniature-emslie-rosalie/ Self-portrait