Edith Helena Adie

Edith Helena Adie
Born(1865-12-27)27 December 1865
London, England
Died16 May 1947(1947-05-16) (aged 81)
Tonbridge, England
Known forPainting

Edith Helena Adie (1865–1947) was a British painter known for her watercolours.[1]

Biography

Adie was born on 27 December 1865 in the Streatham section of London.[2] She was a student at the South Kensington Art School, the Westminster School of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art.[3][4] She painted landscapes and garden scenes in Taormina and Bordighera Italy.[2] Adie also traveled to Australia.[3] She exhibited at the New Society of Painters in Water Colours and the Royal Academy of Arts between 1893 and 1912 and also with the Royal Society of British Artists.[1][4][5] She was a member of the British Watercolour Society.[3]

Adie died on 16 May 1947 in Tonbridge.[3]

  • Bank of rhododendrons
    Bank of rhododendrons
  • A garden by the Italian lakes
    A garden by the Italian lakes
  • Red and Blue Waterlillies
    Red and Blue Waterlillies
  • The lake, Hever
    The lake, Hever

References

  1. ^ a b "Edith Helena Adie". AskArt. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Edith Helena Adie". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "Adie, Edith Helena". Suffolk Artists. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b Christopher Wood (1978). The Dictionary of Victorian Painters. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 0-902028-72-3.
  5. ^ Adie, Edith Helena. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00000952. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7. Retrieved 27 May 2021. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

Further reading

  • Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950 by Grant M. Waters, 1975, published by Eastbourne Fine Art, ISBN 0902010050
  • The Dictionary of British Women Artists by Sara Gray, 2009, published by The Lutterworth Press, ISBN 9780718830847
  • A History and Dictionary of British Flower Painters 1650-1950 by Josephine Walpole, 2006, published by The Antique Collectors' Club, ISBN 1851495045