Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse
Portrait of the Artist's Wife
(John William Waterhouse, 1885 circa)
Born
Esther Maria Kenworthy

1857 (1857)
Died1944 (aged 86–87)
NationalityBritish
Known forPainting
Spouse
John William Waterhouse
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(m. 1883)​

Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse (1857–1944), born Esther Maria Kenworthy, was a British artist who exhibited her flower-paintings at the Royal Academy in London and elsewhere.

Waterhouse was the daughter of James Lees Kenworthy, an artist and schoolmaster from Ealing, in West London; and Elizabeth, a school-mistress.[1] She married her fellow artist John William Waterhouse at the parish church in Ealing, in 1883, and thereafter used the name Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse.[1] Initially, they lived in a purpose built artistic colony in Primrose Hill, where the houses had studios. In around 1900, they moved to St John's Wood.[1] Waterhouse exhibited her flower paintings at the Royal Academy and with the Royal Society of British Artists in London. [2]

Waterhouse is buried, along with her husband, at Kensal Green Cemetery, and his portrait of her is now owned by Sheffield City Art Galleries.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Peter Trippi (2004), "Waterhouse, John William (1849–1917)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Christopher Wood (1978). The Dictionary of Victorian Painters. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 0-902028-72-3.

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