Louisa Starr

Louisa Starr, later Louisa Canziani (1845 – 25 May 1909) was a British painter.

Biography Starr was born in London in 1845. Her parents were Anna (born ) Cowan and Henry Starr. They were cousins of Italian heritage but they had been born in London and America respectively. They lived on Russell Square and she became a copyist at the British Museum. Studying at the Royal Academy Schools, she showed her first work there in 1866 and by 1876 showed 17 paintings.

She married the Italian civil engineer Enrico Canziani (1848–1931) and thereafter signed her works with her married name. Her daughter Estella Canziani also became an artist.

Her painting Sintram and his mother was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.

Starr died in London on 25 May 1909 and was buried in the Starr family grave (plot no.19975) on the western side of Highgate Cemetery near the grave of Elizabeth Siddal.

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