Edith Kemp-Welch

Edith Mary Kemp-Welch (1870–1941) was a British artist, known as a portrait painter.

Biography

Edith Kemp-Welch grew up in Bournemouth and attended the Bournemouth School of Art before, in 1892, enlisting in the art school established by Hubert von Herkomer at Bushey in Hertfordshire.[1] She continued to live in Bushey when her elder sister, Lucy Kemp-Welch, took over the running of the school.[2] Between 1898 and 1940, Edith Kemp-Welch exhibited a total of 29 paintings, which were mostly portraits but also included at last one landscape, at the Royal Academy in London.[2][3] During the First World War, both sisters produced recruiting posters for the British war effort. The poster created by Edith Kemp-Welch featured an image of Britannia with the slogan "Remember Scarborough ! Enlist Now", a reference to the war-time attack on Scarborough.[4] Works by Kemp-Welch are held by the Imperial War Museum in London and by Bushey Museum and Art Gallery.[4][1] Her cousin Margaret Kemp-Welch (1874–1968) was also an artist.

References
  1. "Lucy Elizabeth Kemp-Welch 1869-1958". Bushey Museum and Art Gallery. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  2. Brian Stewart & Mervyn Cutten (1997). The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-173-2.
  3. Christopher Wood (1978). The Dictionary of Victorian Painters. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 0 902028 72 3.
  4. "Remember Scarborough !". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
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