Alice Havers

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Alice Mary Havers (* 1850 in Thelton Hall , Norfolk , † August 26, 1890 in London ) was a British painter and illustrator .

Life

Alice Havers grew up in the Falkland Islands and Montevideo because her father worked there as a manager . After his death she came to London in 1870, where she had received a scholarship to the South Kensington Schools . In 1872 she married the painter Frederick Morgan, with whom she had three children. During a stay in Paris in 1888, she familiarized herself with the new trends in French painting. Alice Havers died in London in 1890.

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Alice Haver's work includes paintings with genre scenes, mostly rural life, pictures of children, religious subjects and much more. In addition, she designed series of postcards and made illustrations for books.

literature

  • Lionel Henry Cust: Morgan, Alice Mary. In: Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Volume 39 (digitized)
  • Kristiane Frank: Havers, Alice. In: General Artist Lexicon.

Web links

Commons : Alice Havers  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to other sources September
personal data
SURNAME Havers, Alice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Havers, Alice Mary (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British painter and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Thelton Hall , Norfolk
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 1890
Place of death London