Mary Sargent Florence
(21 July 1857 - 14 December 1954.) |
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fresco murals, landscapes Art Work
| Name: |
Mary Sargent Florence |
| Gender: |
Female |
| Place of Birth: |
London, England |
| Nationality: |
British |
| Birth: |
21 July 1857 |
| Death: |
14 December 1954. |
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Quick Facts
| Known For: |
fresco murals, landscapes |
| Medium: |
tempera painting, watercolour, fresco, pastel |
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tempera painting, watercolour, fresco, pastel |
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| Fine Art Profession(s): |
Painter
Muralist
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Biography
Sargent Florence explained the importance of fresco in a lecture given to the Society of Painters in Tempera in 1906. She argued that the combination of careful craftsmanship with artistic invention meant that it was a nobler and fuller expression of thought than other art forms. Neither was it retrogressive, for Fresco is so essentially plain air in its effects that it should be the medium in which modern thought in Art should express itself best. Her works show biblical scenes, and are titled Suffer Little Children to Come unto Me and Pentecost. Children at Chess, a portrait of her son and daughter, is an example of her work in tempera. She showed this painting at the New English Art Club, where she became a member. She also exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Society of Women Artists. Much of Sargant Florence's work has been destroyed. Lost works include the mural she painted at the home she built in 1899-1900. Lord's Wood in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, depicting a scene after a story by the Symbolist writer Maeterlinck. Her frescos at Oakham School illustrating Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur were covered over in 1994. But the mural she painted in 1912 at Chelsea Town Hall has survived.
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