Amelia Bauerle
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Amelia Bauerle (12 November 1873 – 4 March 1916) was a London-born painter, illustrator and etcher who was also known as Amelia Bowerley. She was the daughter of the German artist Karl Wilhelm Bauerle. She studied at the South Kensington
School of Art and the Slade
before travelling in Italy
and Germany
. She exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy
from 1897 until her death, and also exhibited in Paris
and America
. She contributed illustrations — typically art nouveau
in style — to the Yellow Book
.
South Kensington
South Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. It is a built-up area located 2.4 miles west south-west of Charing Cross....
School of Art and the Slade
Slade School of Fine Art
The Slade School of Fine Art is a world-renownedart school in London, United Kingdom, and a department of University College London...
before travelling in Italy
Italy
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and Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. She exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
from 1897 until her death, and also exhibited in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and America
Americas
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. She contributed illustrations — typically art nouveau
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...
in style — to the Yellow Book
Yellow Book
The Yellow Book, published in London from 1894 to 1897 by Elkin Mathews and John Lane, later by John Lane alone, and edited by the American Henry Harland, was a quarterly literary periodical that lent its name to the "Yellow" 1890s....
.
Exhibitions and Catalogues
- Catalogue of a series of water colours and etchings: When the world was young by Amelia M. Bauerlé. London: Dowdeswell Galleries, 1908.
Selected Book Illustrations
- W. E. CuleW. E. CuleWilliam Edward Cule was a British author of children's books and several books for adults on Christian themes. In all, he wrote some thirty books encompassing a number of popular genres - public school stories, adventure yarns, fairy tales, novels and Christian allegories and fable...
, Sir Constant: Knight of the Great King. Andrew Melrose, London, 1899. - Frederic William FarrarFrederic William FarrarFrederic William Farrar was a cleric of the Church of England .Farrar was born in Bombay, India and educated at King William's College on the Isle of Man, King's College London and Trinity College, Cambridge. At Cambridge he won the Chancellor's Gold Medal for poetry in 1852...
Allegories. Longmans & Co., London, 1898. - Alfred Tennyson. The Day-Dream (poem) In: Flowers of Parnassus. vol. 7. [1900, etc.] 8º.
- Ismay Thorn. Happy-go-lucky. Roseleaf Library, London, 1894.
See also
- John LaneJohn Lane (publisher)-Biography:Originally from Devon, where he was born into a farming family, Lane moved to London already in his teens. While working as a clerk at the Railway Clearing House, he acquired knowledge as an autodidact....
. The Yellow Book, An Illustrated Quarterly, London, April 1897.