About Edith Martineau
Lived 1842 – 1909 (aged 67). Edith Martineau was a British painter.
Edith Martineau (19 June 1842 – 19 February 1909) was a British watercolour painter.
Biography
Martineau was born in Liverpool as the daughter of Dr. James Martineau, an eminent Unitarian minister. She was trained first at the Liverpool School of Art but moved with her family to London, where she began following classes at Leigh's School of Art. She submitted her work to the Royal Society of British Artists in 1862.
Her 1888 painting Potato Harvest was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.
Edith died in Hampstead, aged 66, and was buried in the Martineau family grave on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.
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Who was Edith Martineau?
Martineau, Edith (1842–1909), watercolour painter
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Edith Martineau was born on 17 January 1842 in Liverpool.
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Edith Martineau died on 17 January 1909 in London.
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Edith Martineau was a painter.
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Edith Martineau was British.
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