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Julia Bracewell Folkard (1849–1933) was a British painter.
Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day
', by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905 Folkard died in
NPG, Retrieved 20 March 2016
Julia Bracewell Folkard (1849–1933) was a British painter.
Life
She was born in 1849 and she was a student at the Royal Academy. She repaid this 1871 when she shared a silver medal with Julia Cecilia Smith for their paintings. The gold medal that year was taken by Jessie MacGregor. It was noted how these three women revealed the silliness of the rules that excluded women from becoming full members of theRoyal 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 ...
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She became a portrait and genre painter who was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy and Suffolk Street
The Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) is a British art body established in 1823 as the Society of British Artists, as an alternative to the Royal Academy.
History
The RBA commenced with twenty-seven members, and took until 1876 to reach fi ...
from 1872. Her painting ''I Showed Her the Ring and Implored Her to Marry'' was included in the 1905 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
', by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905 Folkard died in
Paris
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Bracewell's painting of Mary Anne Keeley
Mary Anne Keeley, ''née'' Goward (22 November 1805 – 12 March 1899) was an English actress and actor-manager.
Life
Mary Ann Goward was born at Ipswich, her father was a brazier and tinman. Her sister Sarah Judith Goward was the mother of Lydi ...
is in the National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery may refer to:
*National Portrait Gallery (Australia), in Canberra
*National Portrait Gallery (Sweden), in Mariefred
*National Portrait Gallery (United States), in Washington, D.C.
*National Portrait Gallery, London, with s ...
in London.Mary Anne KeeleyNPG, Retrieved 20 March 2016
References
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Folkard, Julia Bracewell 1849 births 1933 deaths British women painters 19th-century British painters 19th-century British women artists 20th-century British painters 20th-century British women artists