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Description: | This is one of at least three portraits of Mary Gibson who was a fellow teacher to RJ Emerson at Wolverhampton Art School where he worked as an art teacher. She gave him encouragement with his work and supported him throughout his career in Wolverhampton. She taught needlework, bookbinding and leatherwork at the school but was also a successful oil painter, exhibiting works at the Royal Academy in the 1940's and 1950's. A daughter of a local chemist,Gibson became the focal point in the local town as she kept an open house for professional local artists, students and members of Emerson's circle to visit. The confident pose clearly shows that Emerson had a great deal of respect and admiration for her, using a bright red to show her powerful presence in the art scene within his circle, at this time. Emerson was born in Rothley, Leicestershire in 1878 and attended art classes in Leicestershire until later exhibiting in London. He was best known for his sculptural works and as a teacher, winning several art prizes and teaching students such as Charles Wheeler who went on to become successful artists and president of the Royal Academy. Emerson was a member of many societies including the Royal Society of British Sculptors. This painting was donated to Wolverhampton Art Gallery in 1976.
Oil painting of the head and shoulders of a woman dressed in a red top covered by a black jacket and wearing a black hat. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Hats Portrait painting Fine arts Women Oil painting Paintings Oil Paintings Portraits Teachers Mary Gibson People Art collections | Temporal: | 1898 - 1944
20th century (1900-1999) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | EMERSON; Robert Jackson (1878 - 1944) | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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