Margaret Elaine Ryder, later Margaret Vint (1908-1998) was a British artist.

Biography

Ryder was born in

Sheffield Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is Historic counties o ...

and, after attending Sheffield College of Art, was based in that city throughout her career. As a freelance commercial artist Ryder worked in a variety of mediums including oils, watercolours and pastels to produce landscape scenes, portraits and flower pictures. She also created miniatures on ivory and vellum and for a time served as a vice-president of the

Royal Miniature Society The Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers, more commonly known as the Royal Miniature Society (RMS), is an art society founded in 1895 dedicated to upholding and continuing the tradition of miniature painting and sculpture, ...

. Ryder was also a member of the Society of Women Artists, a founder member of the Society of Botanical Artists and a president of the Sheffield Society of Women Artists. Throughout her career, alongside a series of solo exhibitions in Sheffield, Ryder exhibited works 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, 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 ...

, with

The Pastel Society The Pastel Society is an art society, based in London, which promotes the use of pastel painting in contemporary art, through exhibitions, workshops, demonstrations and lectures. The Pastel Society is a registered charity in England, registered ...

and with the

Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI), initially called the New Society of Painters in Water Colours, is one of the societies in the Federation of British Artists, based in the Mall Galleries in London. History In 1831 the so ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ryder, Margaret 1908 births 1998 deaths 20th-century English painters 20th-century English women artists Artists from Sheffield English women painters British portrait miniaturists 20th-century women painters

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