Marjorie Evans

Marjorie Evans, later Marjorie Scott Elliot (c.1850–1907) was a Scottish artist known for her flower paintings.

She spent most of her life in Aberdeen but was also resident in Richmond in London for a substantial period.[1] She painted flowers, still-life scenes, landscapes and sometimes portraits, working in both oil and watercolours.[2] Evans was elected to the Royal Scottish Watercolour Society in 1891 but resigned from the Society in 1902.[3] She exhibited two paintings of roses at the Royal Academy in London in 1892 and also in 1895.[4] She also exhibited with the Aberdeen Artists Society and the Royal Scottish Academy.[2]

References
  1. Josephine Walpole (2006). A History and Dictionary of British Flower Painters 1650-1950. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 504 5.
  2. Peter J.M. McEwan (1994). The Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 134 1.
  3. Paul Harris & Julian Halsby (1990). The Dictionary of Scottish Painters 1600 to the Present. Canongate. ISBN 1 84195 150 1.
  4. Christopher Wood (1978). The Dictionary of Victorian Painters. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 0 902028 72 3.
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