Eliza Mary Burgess

Eliza Mary Burgess (2 March 1878 – 1961) was a British artist, known as a painter and designer.

Biography Burgess was born and grew up in the Walthamstow area of London, where her father was a florist and gardener and her mother was a dressmaker. In 1897 she won a scholarship to the Royal Female School of Art where she won national prizes in several categories and at least three further scholarships. After graduation, Burgess remained working in London until she moved to Bristol in the 1950s and later lived in Scotland for a time. Internationally, works by Burgess were shown at the Paris Salon and in the United States, Canada and Australia. The Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, Graves Art Gallery in Sheffield and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London hold examples of her work.