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Georgina Mossman Greenlees

1849 – 1932

British painter

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Lived 1849 – 1932 (aged 82). Georgina Mossman Greenlees was a British painter and art educator.

Georgina Mossman Greenlees (1849–1932) was a Scottish artist known for her landscape painting. She was an advocate for art education and practice for women.

Biography Greenlees was the daughter of Robert Greenlees, headmaster of the Glasgow School of Art from 1863 to 1881. Greenlees married Graham Kinloch Wylie, a landscape painter, in October 1885.

Greenlees exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London during 1878 and 1880. She also exhibited at Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1867, when she was eighteen, and later at the Royal Scottish Academy. She exhibited with the society from 1878, and her work was included in the Fourth Exhibition held in 1881.

Greenlees taught at the Glasgow School of Art from 1874 to 1881, when she was one of two women teaching at the school, who both resigned from their positions.

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Glasgow School of Art
Also known as
Miss Greenlees, Georgina Mossman Greenless, Mrs. Graham Wylie, Georgina Greenlees

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Who was Georgina Mossman Greenlees?

British painter (1849-1932)

When was Georgina Mossman Greenlees born?

Georgina Mossman Greenlees was born on 13 May 1849 in Glasgow.

When did Georgina Mossman Greenlees die?

Georgina Mossman Greenlees died on 6 February 1932 in London.

What was Georgina Mossman Greenlees's occupation?

Georgina Mossman Greenlees was a painter and art educator.

What nationality was Georgina Mossman Greenlees?

Georgina Mossman Greenlees was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Georgina Mossman Greenlees

· Wikidata: Q21464062

· DBpedia: Georgina Greenlees

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