Jane Younger (1863–1955) was a Scottish artist known for her watercolour paintings and embroidery work.
Jane Younger | |
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| Born | 1863 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 1955 (aged 91–92) Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Painting, embroidery |
Biography
editYounger was born in Glasgow into a prosperous family involved in the cotton trade.[1] She studied under Jessie Newbery at the Glasgow School of Art and at the school of animal painting at Craigmill run by Joseph Donovan Adam.[2][3] She also studied in Paris in the studio of Gustave Courtois and at the École des Beaux-Arts.[4] While still a student, she joined the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists.[3]
Younger's sister Anna, married the publisher Walter Blackie of the publishing company Blackie and Son in 1889.[4] When Blackie commissioned Charles Rennie Mackintosh to design Hill House in Helensburgh, Younger was asked to design several pieces for the house, including bedspreads and she also painted a watercolour of the house's garden as part of Mackintosh's interior design for the property.[1] For Blackie and Son, Younger designed bookplates for their specialist Prize Books.[1] In 1902 she visited Switzerland and exhibited work at the Turin Exhibition.[1]
Between 1906 and 1922, Younger shared a studio on West George Street in Glasgow with Annie French and Bessie Young.[4][5] She later settled in Edinburgh but also painted on Arran and in France.[3][4] Younger often painted in watercolours and developed a colourful and bold technique, comparable to pointillism in effect.[4] She exhibited with the Royal Scottish Academy, the Society of Women Artists, the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and the Royal Scottish Watercolour Society.[3] the Cooling Galleries and the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool also held exhibitions.[3] She died at Crawford, South Lanarkshire and a gravestone designed by her marks the site of the Younger family tomb in the Glasgow Necropolis.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Anne Ellis (1990). "Jane Younger". In Jude Burkhauser (ed.). Glasgow Girls Women in Art and Design 1880–1920. Edinburgh: Canongate Books. pp. 174–175. ISBN 184195151X. OCLC 26806790 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ McIntosh-Prentice, Alison (2 March 2021). "Jane Younger and art". National Trust for Scotland. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945. Vol. 2, M to Z. Bristol: Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X. OCLC 77011785.
- ^ a b c d e Paul Harris & Julian Halsby (1990). The Dictionary of Scottish Painters: 1600 to the Present. Edinburgh: Canongate Books. ISBN 1-84195-150-1. OCLC 642288375.
- ^ Sara Gray (2009). The Dictionary of British Women Artists. Cambridge: The Lutterworth Press. ISBN 97807-18830847. JSTOR j.ctt1cgdwwm. OCLC 608209762.
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