Hilda Montalba
Hilda Montalba (3 December 1845 – 24 November 1919)[1] was a British painter and sculptor.
Hilda Montalba | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hilda Montalba 3 December 1845 |
| Died | 24 November 1919 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Painter |
| Notable work | Boy Unloading a Venetian Market Boat |
Early life
Hilda Montalba was born in London on 3 December 1845,[2] one of four daughters of the Swedish-born artist Anthony Rubens Montalba and Emeline (née Davies). The 1871 British census shows Anthony Montalba living at 19 Arundel Gardens, Notting Hill, London, with four daughters, all artists.[3]
Career
Hilda and her three sisters all attained high repute as artists. The Montalba sisters were regular contributors to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition during the 1870s.[2] Like her sisters, Hilda painted many landscape subjects, including scenes of Venice. Like Clara she painted fishing boats, and also painted close-up studies of Venetian people. One notable example of her work is a painting now in the Graves Art Gallery in Sheffield, Boy Unloading a Venetian Market Boat.[2]
Between 1883 and 1890 she exhibited a number of works at the Grosvenor Gallery in Bond St, initially sculpture, later paintings of Venice, such as Venetian Fog, exhibited in 1890.[4] She exhibited her work at the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[5]
Three of her oil paintings are in UK public collections, namely Sheffield Museums and the National Trust.[1]
References
- Artworks by or after Hilda Montalba, Art UK. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- Biography of the Montalba sisters Retrieved August 2011
- History of Arundel Gardens Retrieved 7 February 2010
- At the Temple of Art: The Grosvenor Gallery, 1877-1890 By Colleen Denney Retrieved September 2011
- Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 12 December 2018.