Esmé Mary Evelyn Currey (March 1881 – June 1973) was a British artist, known for her printmaking and for her paintings.

Biography

Currey was born at

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in London and was privately educated both there and in Dresden after which she returned to London to study at the

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. She then studied with the artist Max Meldrum at

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in Australia, before studying engraving at Goldsmiths' College in London. Currey established a studio in London and produced images, often of landscapes and architecture, in pencil, as etchings and as paintings in tempera. She exhibited at a wide variety of venues, notably at the

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in London between 1910 and 1949 and also with the Society of British Artists, the

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, the

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, the

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and the United Artists group. In 1929 she exhibited at the

Paris Salon The Salon (french: Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art ...

. The

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in London holds two prints by Currey in its permanent collection.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Currey, Esmé 1881 births 1973 deaths 20th-century English painters 20th-century English women artists Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art Artists from London British printmakers English women painters People from Kensington