Louisa Starr
British painter (1845–1909)
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Louisa Starr, later Louisa Canziani (1845 – 25 May 1909) was a British painter.[1]
1845
Louisa Starr Canziani | |
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Louisa Starr c. 1900 | |
| Born | Louisa Starr 1845 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 25 May 1909 (aged 63–64) 25 May 1909 London, United Kingdom |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse | Enrico Canziani |
Biography
Starr was born in London in 1845. Her parents were Anna (born ) Cowan and Henry Starr. They were cousins of Italian heritage but they had been born in London and America respectively.[2] They lived on Russell Square and she became a copyist at the British Museum.[3] Studying at the Royal Academy Schools, she showed her first work there in 1866 and by 1876 showed 17 paintings.[3] She won a gold medal at the Royal Academy for history painting in December 1867.[1] She was the first woman to do so and was followed by Jessie Macgregor's gold medal in 1871, but the next woman to do so was not until 1909.[4]
She married the Italian civil engineer Enrico Canziani (1848–1931) and thereafter signed her works with her married name. Her daughter Estella Canziani also became an artist.[5][2]
She exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[6]
Her painting Sintram and his mother was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.[7]
Starr died in London in 25 May 1909[2] and was buried in the Starr family grave (plot no.19975) on the western side of Highgate Cemetery near the grave of Elizabeth Siddal.[citation needed]
Gallery
Cold Spring - The Alien (1906; Aberdeen Art Gallery)
Sintram and his Mother, from a story by De la Motte Fouqué
Grave of Louisa Starr in Highgate Cemetery
