Mary Helen Carlisle
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Mary Helen Carlisle | |
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| Born | 20 November 1869 Grahamstown, South Africa |
| Died | 17 March 1925 (aged 55) |
| Education | Académie Julian |
| Known for | Painting |
Mary Helen Carlisle (1869 - 1925) was a British painter.
Carlisle was born in Grahamstown, Cape Colony, and went to school in England.[1] Her first exhibition was at the Royal Academy in 1890, and she studied art in Paris between 1890 and 1895 at the Académie Julian under William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Tony Robert-Fleury, and Benjamin Jean-Joseph Constant. Her female contemporaries at the Academie included Rose-Marie Guillaume and Amelie Beaury-Saurel.[1][2]
Having travelled in the United States of America she stayed in California between 1911 and 1915, then moved to New York.[1]
Her work included working in pastels and oils, landscape painting, miniatures, and portraits. Carlisle's miniatures depicting Queen Victoria and Princess Mary are held in the National Portrait Gallery.[3]
Carlisle was an internationally renowned artist who exhibited her works at the Royal Academy of Arts in London; the Paris Salon; Walker's Art Gallery, London; Charles Cobb Gallery, Boston; Knoedler & Co., New York; and Steckel Gallery, Los Angeles.[1]
