About Lena Alexander
Lived 1899 – 1983 (aged 83–84). Lena Alexander was a painter.
Lena M. Alexander, later Lena Duncan, (9 December 1899 – 29 March 1983) was a Scottish artist known for her portrait and flower paintings.
Biography Alexander was born in Glasgow and for a time lived with her parents at Broughty Ferry in Dundee. Alexander mainly painted in pastel and watercolours, often depicting portraits and images of flowers, but also views of Venice and Paris. During her career Alexander exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, the Royal Academy in London, at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and with the Society of Women Artists. Examples of her work were included in the Still Life in the Twentieth Century exhibition held at Bourne Fine Art in Edinburgh during 1999.
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Who was Lena Alexander?
Scottish painter (1899–1983)
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Lena Alexander was born on 9 December 1899 in Glasgow.
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Lena Alexander died in 1983.
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Lena Alexander was a painter.
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