Mary Green (painter)

Mary Green
Born 1766
Died 22 October 1845
Nationality British
Known for Painting
Spouse(s) James Green (1805-)
Lady Alice Jane Peel by James Thomson, after Mary Green (née Byrne), 1833[1]

Mary Green (1766 - 1845) was a British painter who exhibited at the Royal Academy at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Life

Mary Byrne was born in 1766.[1] She was the second daughter of William Byrne. Her brother, John Byrne, was also an artist. Her father engraved landscapes and Mary became a miniature painter after studying with Arlaud. Her work was accepted for exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1795 and she continued to exhibit there until 1835.[2] She was exhibiting up to 1845 including at the British Institution and the Society of British Artists. She married the painter James Green on 13 February 1805 in Marylebone[3] and their children included the notable painter Benjamin Richard Green. Mary Green died on the 22 October 1845 and she was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.[2]

Legacy

Some of Green's corrrespondence is in the Victoria and Albert Museum and a portrait by her of Queen Adelaide is in the Royal Collection.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mary Green, National Portrait Gallery
  2. 2.0 2.1 Wikisource link to Green, James (1771-1834) (DNB00). Wikisource.
  3. 3.0 3.1 L. H. Cust, ‘Green, James (1771–1834)’, rev. John Sunderland, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 2 March 2015