Georgina Greenlees
Scottish artist (1849–1932)
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Georgina Mossman Greenlees (1849–1932) was a Scottish artist known for her landscape painting.[1] She was an advocate for art education and practice for women.[2]
Georgina Greenlees | |
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| Born | 13 May 1849 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 6 February 1932 (aged 82) London |
| Spouse | Graham Kinloch Wylie |
Biography
Greenlees was the daughter of Robert Greenlees, headmaster of the Glasgow School of Art from 1863 to 1881.[3] Greenlees married Graham Kinloch Wylie, a landscape painter, in October 1885.[1] Greenlees attended the Glasgow School of Art in the early 1870s.[4][2] She studied painting, design and drawing and was awarded a national Queen's Prize for a lace curtain design in 1870.[2]
Greenlees often painted Scottish landscapes, and was also known for her depictions of women.[1] Her works are held in public collections including A Little Waif, held by the McManus Gallery in Dundee, and a portrait of James Sellars in the Glasgow Museums collection.[5]
Greenlees exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London during 1878 and 1880.[6] She also exhibited at Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1867, when she was eighteen, and later at the Royal Scottish Academy.[2] In 1879, Greenlees was elected to the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour.[7] She exhibited with the society from 1878, and her work was included in the Fourth Exhibition held in 1881.[8][9]
Greenlees taught at the Glasgow School of Art from 1874 to 1881, when she was one of two women teaching at the school, who both resigned from their positions.[4][1] Greenlees maintained a professional artistic career while continuing to teach privately, which was in direct opposition to the policies of the Glasgow School of Art.[1][2]
Greenlees was a founding member and first president of the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists.[4] The society was formed early in 1882 during a meeting at the studio Georgina shared with her father at 136 Wellington Street, Glasgow.[10][2] The society was the first of its kind to be formed in Scotland and represented the need for women art practitioners to exhibit their work and socialise with other artists.[11]