Stella Langdale

Irene Stella Rolph Langdale (1880 – April 14, 1976) was an English and Canadian artist. She was commonly referred to as Stella Langdale.

She sketched worked in charcoal but also used oils, watercolour, pastels and etching techniques especially aquatint in her work. She also produced sculptures. Her preferred subject matter was landscapes from North Africa, Italy and France, as well as imaginary images often with musical inspiration. She exhibited at the major British galleries including the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, and the Paris Salon. She was also a member of such organizations as the Senefelder Club, the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, and she was a founding member of The Print Society.

Irene Stella Rolph Langdale (1880 – April 14, 1976) was an English and Canadian artist. She was commonly referred to as Stella Langdale.

Early life Stella Langdale was born in Staines-upon-Thames, Middlesex. The daughter of Marmaduke Albert Langdale and Emma Jane Rolf, she was the youngest of their four children.

Langdale's father, Marmaduke Albert Langdale, was painter who regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy, Her father regularly painted landscapes featuring the Thames. Her mother was Thomas J. Rolf of Brandon in Suffolk. The Glasgow School of Art also provided Langdale with a formal education in anatomy, composition, design, construction, and both painting and drawing technique. After school, Langdale would go on to specialize in charcoal, lithography, and oil painting.

She worked as a book illustrator for almost 25 years with publishers John Lane and Dodd, Mead & Co. Works that she illustrated include: Symphonie Symbolique (1919) by Edmund John The Dream of Gerontius (1916) by John Henry Newman Christ in Hades (1917) by Stephen Phillips The Hound of Heaven (1922) by Francis Thompson

Langdale died in Santa Barbara at the age of 95.