Maud Naftel
English painter
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Maud Naftel (1856–1890) was a British watercolourist.[1]
Maud Naftel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1856 |
| Died | 1890 (aged 33–34) Chelsea, London |
| Education | Slade School of Art |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Known for | Watercolour painting |
| Parent(s) | Paul Jacob Naftel and Isabel Naftel |
Life
Naftel was born in 1856, the daughter of Isabel Oakley and Paul Jacob Naftel who were both watercolour painters.[1][2] She has been reported as an only child but it is thought that another artist named Isabel Naftel was her sister.[2] Maud was trained in painting by her father, at the Slade School of Fine Art and by Carolus-Duran in Paris.[3]
Naftel exhibited at the Dudley Art Gallery and with their Society.[3] She was considered to the "only true" flower painter as her parents, her sister and her two painting aunts had different or wider painting interests.[4] Her illustrated book "Flowers and How to Paint Them"[1] was published in 1886 and it became a standard work.[3][2]
Naftel died in London in 1890 at her father's home in Chelsea. She was one of the first people to be cremated at Woking Crematorium. She had been a member of the Cremation Society of Great Britain.[3]