Martha Darley Mutrie

Martha Darley Mutrie and Annie Feray Mutrie, 1860, Maull & Company, National Portrait Gallery, London
Martha Darley Mutrie, Roses, oil on canvas, Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum - a gift from Sir Merton Russell-Cotes in 1921[1]

Martha Darley Mutrie (August 24, 1824 - December 30, 1885) was an English painter. Her paintings consisted mostly of fruit and flowers. She grew up in Manchester, England, and studied at the Manchester School of Design.[2] Mutrie's works were shown at the Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Manchester Institution, and other national and international exhibitions. Her works are among the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

Personal life

Martha Mutrie, born in Ardwick on August 24, 1824, was the oldest daughter of Robert Mutrie,[3] a cotton trader from Rothesay, Bute, Scotland.[2] She had one younger sister, Annie Feray Mutrie, born on March 6, 1826 in Manchester.[3][2] Her family soon settled in Manchester.[3] Martha Mutrie moved to London in 1854, and died in Kensington, England on December 30, 1885.[2] Her sister, Annie died September 28, 1893 in Brighton.[2]

Education and career

She studied under George Wallis at the Manchester School of Design between the years of 1844 to 1846. She continued her education at Wallis' private academy.[3] Mutrie exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, the Royal Manchester Institution, and other English and international exhibitions. Fruit and Spring Flowers were shown at the Royal Academy in 1853 and 1854, respectively. John Ruskin appreciated her works, Primulas and Geraniums, at the Academy's 1856 exhibition and commented upon them in his "Notes on some of the Principal Pictures in the Royal Academy."[3] Mutrie has a painting in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum.[1]

See also

English women painters from the early 19th century who exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Paintings by Martha Mutrie at the BBC Your Paintings site
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Museum, Victoria and Albert (1907). The National Gallery of British Art, Victoria and Albert Museum. Darling & Son Ltd.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Wood, Christopher. "Mutrie, Martha Darley". Women in Art: The Great Female Artists. Women in Art. Retrieved October 1, 2014.