Alice des Clayes

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Alice des Clayes
Born(1890-12-22)22 December 1890
Died1968 (aged 77–78)
NationalityScottish
EducationBushey School of Art with Lucy Kemp Welch; at Newlyn; and at Ambleteuse with Dudley Hardy
Known forPainter of animals

Alice des Clayes (1890–1968) was a Scottish painter, sister to Berthe des Clayes.[1][2] Born in Aberdeen. She studied at the Bushey School of Art with Lucy Kemp Welch, who specialized in painting horses; at Newlyn and at Ambleteuse with Dudley Hardy.[1] She emigrated to Montreal Quebec in 1914.[3][1] In 1920 she was made a non-resident member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[4] Alice des Clayes returned to England in 1938.[5] Her work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec[2] and the National Gallery of Canada.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bradfield, Helen (1970). Art Gallery of Ontario: the Canadian Collection. Toronto: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0070925046. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Des Clayes, Alice".
  3. Dix (2008). "Les Cahiers des Dix".
  4. McMann, Evelyn (1981). Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  5. "Canadian Women Artists History Initiative : Artist Database : Artists : DES CLAYES, Alice".
  6. "Alice des Clayes". www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 21 November 2022.