Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse

Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse (1857–1944), born Esther Maria Kenworthy, was a British artist who exhibited her flower-paintings at the Royal Academy in London and elsewhere.

Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse
Portrait of the Artist's Wife
(John William Waterhouse, 1885 circa)
Born
Esther Maria Kenworthy

1857 (1857)
Died1944 (aged 86–87)
NationalityBritish
Known forPainting
Spouse(s)
John William Waterhouse
(
m. after 1883)

Waterhouse was the daughter of James Lees Kenworthy, an artist and schoolmaster from Ealing, in West London; and Elizabeth, a school-mistress.[1] She married her fellow artist John William Waterhouse at the parish church in Ealing, in 1883, and thereafter used the name Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse.[1] Initially, they lived in a purpose built artistic colony in Primrose Hill, where the houses had studios. In around 1900, they moved to St John's Wood.[1] As well as the Royal Academy, Waterhouse also exhibited her flower paintings with the Royal Society of British Artists in London. [2]

Waterhouse is buried, along with her husband, at Kensal Green Cemetery and his portrait of her is now owned by Sheffield City Art Galleries.[1]

References
  1. Peter Trippi (2004), "Waterhouse, John William (1849–1917)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press
  2. Christopher Wood (1978). The Dictionary of Victorian Painters. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 0 902028 72 3.
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