Alice Maud Fanner, later Alice Maud Taite, (1865 – 1930) was a British

landscape painter Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent compos ...

Biography

Fanner was born in

Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...

and for many years lived in the

Chiswick Chiswick ( ) is a district of west London, England. It contains Hogarth's House, the former residence of the 18th-century English artist William Hogarth; Chiswick House, a neo-Palladian villa regarded as one of the finest in England; and Full ...

area of London. She studied at the Richmond School of Art and also taught there. She attended

Slade School of Art The UCL Slade School of Fine Art (informally The Slade) is the art school of University College London (UCL) and is based in London, England. It has been ranked as the UK's top art and design educational institution. The school is organised as ...

in London. She was a pupil of

Albert Julius Olsson Albert Julius Olsson (1 February 1864 – 7 September 1942) was a British maritime artist and keen yachtsman. Olsson cruised with his yacht most summers, and The Studio commented: 'He knows the way from the Scillies to the Isle of Wight ...

. Like Olsson, Fanner often painted the sea and the coast, as well as yachts and sailing scenes. ''Riverside Landscape'' was included in the book ''

Women Painters of the World ''Women Painters of the World, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413–1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day'', assembled and edited by Walter Shaw Sparrow, lists an overview of prominent women painters up to 1905, the year of publication. Th ...

''.Women Painters of the World
on Project Gutenberg She had five paintings shown at the

Royal Academy The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its pur ...

in London, the first of which was exhibited there in 1897. Fanner was a member of the

New English Art Club The New English Art Club (NEAC) was founded in London in 1885 as an alternative venue to the Royal Academy. It continues to hold an annual exhibition of paintings and drawings at the Mall Galleries in London, exhibiting works by both members and a ...

and exhibited multiple works there between 1897 and 1917.

References

Alice Maud Fanner - Summer at Hampton Court

External links

* 1865 births 1930 deaths People from Surrey English women painters British landscape painters Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art 19th-century English painters 19th-century English women artists 20th-century English painters 20th-century English women artists {{UK-painter-19thC-stub