Marie Seymour Lucas

Marie Seymour Lucas, née Marie Elizabeth Cornelissen (1855–1921),[1] was a French-born English painter. She studied in London, where she married painter John Seymour Lucas. She lived in England for the rest of her life.

On the Threshold
Marie Seymour Lucas
Born
Marie Elizabeth Cornelissen

1855 (1855)
Paris, France
Died1921 (aged 65–66)
Hendon, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
EducationThe Royal Academy
Known forPainting
Spouse(s)
John Seymour Lucas
(
m. 1877)

Daughter of Louis Dieudonné Cornelissen and Marianne, née Bath, she was born in France.[2] Her parents sent her to England for some of her education, and she attended St. Martin's Lane Academy and later the Royal Academy. There she began showing her work in 1877.[2] As she married the painter John Seymour Lucas the same year, Marie Cornelissen became known professionally only by her married name. She is known for historical works and genre scenes, but she later concentrated on domestic scenes with children.[2]

Lucas exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[3] Her painting of orphans We are but little children weak, nor born to any high estate was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.[4]

She died in Hendon, Middlesex.[2]

References
  1. "Marie Seymour Lucas". MutualArt. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  2. Marie Seymour Lucas in the ODNB (subscription required)
  3. Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  4. Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day, by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905
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