Armyne Ware

Armyne May Ware (1 May 1900 - 10 October 2000) was a painter and etcher based in the United Kingdom. Her work is included in the permanent collection of the Scottish National Gallery.

Early life and family

Ware was born in Poole, England. She was the daughter of Mary Davidson (Kinnear) and Charles Davidson.

Work Ware was an artist who mostly worked using paint and etching. She received multiple Honourable Mentions for Art in The Gentlewomen newspaper between 1918 and 1920.

Ware and her husband, Harry Fabian Ware were exhibited at the New Gallery, Edinburgh on 9 November 1935 alongside fellow artists, James Cowie, Anne Finlay, Josephine Haswell Miller and William Wilson.

Ware has two etchings in the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. They are etchings on paper (21.70 x 21.70 cm) created in 1934.

Personal life and interests

Ware attended many charity balls in Aberdeenshire, often accompanied by her sister Claire. She attended the Aboyne Games Ball in September 1920 wearing a patterned brocade with pink and yellow flowers on it. She then attended the `Gordon Highlanders Club Ball in September 1921, the Country Ball in Aid of Sick Children's Hospital in September 1922, and the Aboyne Ball in September 1927.

Later life

Ware married fellow artist, Harry Fabian Ware, son of Major-General Sir Fabian Arthur Goulstone Ware, on 1 August 1928 in the Parish Church, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire. Ware moved to Gloucester, England, in 1942. She died on 10 October 2000, in the Redbridge, London.