Emily Murray Paterson, R.S.W., S.W.A (1855–1934) was a Scottish

Scotland

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 artist

Artist

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, connected with the Glasgow School

Glasgow School

The Glasgow School was a circle of influential modern artists and designers who began to coalesce in Glasgow, Scotland in the 1870s, and flourished from the 1890s to sometime around 1910. Representative groups were: The Four , the Glasgow Girls and the Glasgow Boys...

 and member of the Society of Women Artists

Society of Women Artists

-History :The Society was founded in 1855 as the Society of Female Artists and held its first exhibition two years later. The Society has since held an annual exhibition in London of work by women artists....

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Life and work

Emily Paterson was born in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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, Scotland in 1855. Her father was a solicitor

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. She studied at the Edinburgh College of Art

Edinburgh College of Art

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 as well as in Paris and lived at Albyn Place, Edinburgh before moving to London

London

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 in 1917. She travelled widely between 1909 - 1934 visiting the Netherlands

Netherlands

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 and Italy

Italy

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 on a number of occasions. Her favoured subjects were landscapes, architecture

Architecture

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 and botany

Botany

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. She was elected member of the Royal Scottish Watercolour Society, Scottish Artists' Society and the Society of Women Artists

Society of Women Artists

-History :The Society was founded in 1855 as the Society of Female Artists and held its first exhibition two years later. The Society has since held an annual exhibition in London of work by women artists....

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Emily died in London on the 23rd July, 1934 - a memorial exhibition was held at Walker's Gallery, London later the same year.

Exhibitions

Paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy

Royal Academy

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, London

• 1909 - The Giudecca, Venice
• 1910 - The Church, Dordrecht
• 1911 - Ponte del Canonica, Venice
• 1911 - Noon: St Mark's, Venice
• 1913 - Edge of the wood
• 1913 - The green ship, Venice
• 1914 - In Picardy
• 1914 - San Gregorio, Venice
• 1916 - Wengen: winter
• 1916 - Winter: Hyde Park
• 1918 - Bernese Oberland
• 1926 - The windmill on the Maas, Dordrecht
• 1927 - A bouquet
• 1928 - A bouquet of flower
• 1929 - Begonias
• 1930 - Roses
• 1934 - The Church, Dordrecht

Collections

Her work can be found in many public and private collections including Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester Art Gallery

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, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

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, Wolverhampton Art Gallery

Wolverhampton Art Gallery

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 and the McLean Museum and Art Gallery.