Janet Archer
Janet Archer (fl. 1873–1916) was a British artist known for her portrait and genre paintings.
Biography
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Archer studied under Hubert von Herkomer in Bushey after which she was based in London, living in Croydon and Chelsea at different times.[1] She painted portraits and genre scenes and, between 1873 and 1893, exhibited several works at the Royal Academy in London.[2] These included works such as Feathered Friends, An Arab's Head and a view of Port Isaac, Cornwall.[3] Other works exhibited by Archer included Children of the Great City, There's Father's Boat and the Orange-seller.[4] Archer is also known to have exhibited with the Royal Society of British Artists and the New Watercolour Society.[1][3] Between 1875 and 1913 she also exhibited with the Society of Women Artists.[4]
References
- Brian Stewart; Mervyn Cutten (1997). The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-173-2.
- Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 1 A-Bedeschini. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2-7000-3070-2.
- Christopher Wood (1978). The Dictionary of Victorian Painters. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 0-902028-72-3.
- Sara Gray (2009). The Dictionary of British Women Artists. The Lutterworth Press. ISBN 97807-18830847.