Esther Blaikie MacKinnon

Esther Blaikie MacKinnon (1885–1934) was a Scottish artist who was known for her paintings and engravings. MacKinnon worked with a variety of media including paint, dry point, etchings, and black and white drawings. Notable were her portraits of Cecil and Evelyn Sharp, which currently are part of The National Portrait Gallery's primary collection. Her work was exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute, the Royal Academy, and the Society of Women Artists within her lifetime.[1]

Esther Blaikie MacKinnon
Born1885 (1885)
Aberdeen, Scotland
Died1934 (aged 48–49)
Banchory, Scotland
NationalityBritish
Known forPainting; Engraving

Life

The second child of Lachlan MacKinnon (1855–1948) and Theodora Thompson (1859–1939), Esther MacKinnon was born and educated in Aberdeen. Her older sister Doris Mackinnon was a zoologist; her younger sister Lilias Mackinnon was a pianist. MacKinnon primarily worked out of her studio in Hampstead, London, and during her lifetime her engravings and paintings were exhibited widely. She died unmarried at the age of 49.[2]

A watercolour sketch of Malmesbury, 1922.

Selected works
  • Cecil Sharp, 1921. Chalk. National Portrait Gallery.
  • Cecil Sharp, 1921. Pencil. National Portrait Gallery.
  • Lions in a London Square, n.d. Etching and aquatint on paper. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
  • Malmesbury, 1922. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
  • A Negress, n.d. Oil on canvas. Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums.
  • Weaver, n.d. Colour Lithograph. Smithsonian American Art Museum.

References
  1. Gray, Sara (2009). The dictionary of British women artists (1. publ. ed.). Cambridge: Lutterworth Press. pp. 176–177. ISBN 0718830849.
  2. "The Ancestory of the Blaikie Family". kittybrewster.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2003. Retrieved 8 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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