Florence Engelbach
Florence Ada Engelbach | |
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Born | Florence Ada Neumegen 9 June 1872 Jerez de la Frontera, Spain |
Died | 27 February 1951 London | (aged 78)
Nationality | British |
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Known for | Painting |
Florence Ada Engelbach née Neumegen (9 June 1872 – 27 February 1951) was a painter of portraits, landscapes and flower pieces. She was born in Spain to English parents and, after training in London, established her artistic career in Britain.[1]
Biography[]
Engelbach was born in Spain, at Jerez de la Frontera, to English parents.[2] During the 1890s she studied in London at the Westminster School of Art and at the Slade School of Art before completing her studies in Paris.[3] Engelbach had works shown at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle and at the Paris Salon.[4] In 1901 she had a picture shown, under her maiden name, at the Royal Academy in London.[5] She was awarded a bronze medal at a Women's International Art Club exhibition held in London.[4] In 1902 she married a C.F.R Engelbach and withdrew from a full-time art and exhibition career to raise a family.[3] Engelbach returned to painting in the late 1920s and had a solo show at the Beaux Arts Gallery in 1931. She went on to resume exhibiting at both the Royal Academy and the Paris Salon and also with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Gravers/ Printmakers and became a member of the latter two societies.[3][4] The Goupil, Tooths and Lefevre galleries were among the commercial concerns that showed her work.[5][3] Originally Engelbach was a portrait painter but later became a specialist flower painter who also painted landscapes.[1] Her painting Roses, from the 1930s, is held in the Tate collection.[6] A memorial exhibition for Engelbach was held at the Leicester Galleries in 1951.[3]
Further reading[]
- TATE Women Artists by Alicia Foster, 2004, (Tate Publishing), ISBN 1-85437-311-0.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 5 Dyck-Gemignani. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2 7000 3075 3.
- ^ Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0 953260 95 X.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c 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)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 106 6.
- ^ "Roses". Tate. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
External links[]
- 15 artworks by or after Florence Engelbach at the Art UK site
- 1872 births
- 1951 deaths
- 20th-century English painters
- 20th-century British women artists
- Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art
- Alumni of the Westminster School of Art
- English women painters
- 20th-century English women
- 20th-century English people