Janet Archer

Janet Archer (fl.1873-1916) was a British artist known for her portrait and genre paintings.

Biography

Archer studied under Hubert von Herkomer in Bushey after which she was based in London, living in Croydon and Chelsea at different times.[1] She painted portraits and genre scenes and, between 1873 and 1893, exhibited several works at the Royal Academy in London.[2] These included works such as Feathered Friends, An Arab's Head and a view of Port Isaac, Cornwall.[3] Other works exhibited by Archer included Children of the Great City, There's Father's Boat and the Orange-seller.[4] Archer is also known to have exhibited with the Royal Society of British Artists and the New Watercolour Society.[1][3] Between 1875 and 1913 she also exhibited with the Society of Women Artists.[4]

References
  1. Brian Stewart & Mervyn Cutten (1997). The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 173 2.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 1 A-Bedeschini. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2 7000 3070 2.
  3. Christopher Wood (1978). The Dictionary of Victorian Painters. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 0 902028 72 3.
  4. Sara Gray (2009). The Dictionary of British Women Artists. The Lutterworth Press. ISBN 97807 18830847.
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