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Louise Pickard (12 December 1865–6 June 1928) was an English painter of still life, landscapes and portraits.


Biography

Pickard was born in
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and studied at the
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in London between 1898 and 1900 and then studied sculpture in Paris for a time. She exhibited at the Royal Academy on eight occasions between 1909 and her death in 1928. Pickard exhibited at the
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for the first time in 1909 and became a member in 1923. She also exhibited with the
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. In January 1924 the
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in London held a joint exhibition by
Charles Ginner Charles Isaac Ginner (4 March 1878 – 6 January 1952) was a British painter of landscape and urban subjects. Born in the south of France at Cannes, of British parents, in 1910 he settled in London, where he was an associate of Spencer Gore a ...
,
Ethel Walker Dame Ethel Walker (9 June 1861 – 2 March 1951) was a Scottish painter of portraits, flower-pieces, sea-pieces and decorative compositions. From 1936, Walker was a member of The London Group. Her work displays the influence of Impressionism, Puv ...
and Pickard. For many years Pickard had a studio in
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in London and also worked on both the French Riviera and in North Yorkshire for a time. Her paintings are in the collections of several museums and galleries in the United Kingdom, including the Ferens Art Gallery,
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and the
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. She died in London and the Alpine Club Gallery held a memorial exhibition for Pickard in 1928.


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1865 births 1928 deaths 19th-century English painters 20th-century English painters 19th-century English women artists 20th-century English women artists Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art Artists from Kingston upon Hull British still life painters English women painters {{England-painter-stub