Lily Blatherwick (1854–26 November 1934) was an English painter.

Biography

Blatherwick was born in

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and exhibited her works from 1877 at the

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. Her father, Charles Blatherwick, was a doctor and keen amateur watercolourist who had been involved in the establishment of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. In 1896 Blatherwick married the artist

Archibald Standish Hartrick Archibald Standish Hartrick (7 August 1864 – 1 February 1950) was a Scottish painter known for the quality of his lithographic work. His works covered urban scenes, landscapes and figure painting and he was a founder member of the Senefelder ...

, who was the son of her fathers' second wife from her first marriage. The couple lived in

Tresham Tresham is a village in Gloucestershire, England. It was transferred back from the county of Avon in 1991, having been in Gloucestershire before 1972. It is now in Stroud District, and forms part of the civil parish of Hillesley and Tresham. I ...

in Gloustershire for ten years. There they redecorated the small village church, whilst both pursuing their artistic careers. They both had works shown at the Continental Gallery in 1901 and her painting ''Wintry Weather'' was included in the 1905 book '' Women Painters of the World''. Blatherwick died in London, but was buried in the church graveyard in Tresham in 1934.

Exhibitions

Blatherwick contributed paintings to several exhibitions, including two floral paintings in an exhibition of the

Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts (RGI) is an independent organisation in Glasgow, founded in 1861, which promotes contemporary art and artists in Scotland. The institute organizes the largest and most prestigious annual art exhibitio ...

in May 1900, "The House With the Green Shutters" in the Exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1903, and a painting of "daffodils in a blue vase" at

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with the

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in 1904.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Blatherwick, Lily 1854 births 1934 deaths 19th-century English painters 20th-century English painters 19th-century English women artists 20th-century English women artists Artists from London English women painters People from Richmond, London