Susan Ashworth

Susan Ashworth was a 19th-century British artist and educator, active between 1860 and 1880, who divided her career between London and Edinburgh.

Biography

Sources vary, between London and Edinburgh, as to Ashworth's place of birth but agree that after spending time in the latter she lived in London for a time before retiring to Edinburgh.[1][2][3] In Edinburgh, Ashworth was appointed head of the Trustees' Academy, a Government School of Art and now part of the Edinburgh College of Art, on the retirement of Robert Scott Lauder in 1861.[1] Ashworth painted flowers, landscapes and still-life pieces in both oils and watercolours and between 1864 and 1873 was a regular exhibitor with the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, showing some 27 works there.[2] She also exhibited at least two pieces with the Royal Society of British Artists at their Suffolk Street gallery in London between 1874 and 1880.[3][4]

References
  1. Paul Harris & Julian Halsby (1990). The Dictionary of Scottish Painters 1600 to the Present. Canongate. ISBN 1 84195 150 1.
  2. Peter J.M. McEwan (1994). The Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 134 1.
  3. Christopher Wood (1995). The Dictionary of Victorian Painters: The Text. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 171 6.
  4. Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 1 A-Bedeschini. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2 7000 3070 2.
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