Mary McCrossan

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

Mary McCrossan
Born1865
Liverpool, England
Died3 November 1934(1934-11-03) (aged 68–69)
NationalityBritish
Education
Known forArtist

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]

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