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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]
Ester Kenworthy Waterhouse (1857-1944), nascido Esther Maria Kenworthy, foi uma artista Britânica, que expôs suas pinturas florais na Academia Real e em outros lugares. Ela foi filha de James Lee Kenworthy, artista plástico e professor do distrito de Ealing, no Oeste de Londres; e de Elizabeth, uma professora de escola.
John William Waterhouse created Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse in 1885 in the Romanticism style. The 1885 painting is made on a 56.1 by 39 cm board with oil. It is one of the most famous paintings by John William Waterhouse because it is the only painting he ever made depicting someone with whom he had a close relationship.
Inspired by a true story, Invincible recounts the last 48 hours in the life of Marc-Antoine Bernier, a 14-year-old boy on a desperate quest for freedom. ‘Esther Kenworthy’ was created in c.1885 by John William Waterhouse in Romanticism style.
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Born on 5 October 1857 in Ealing, Esther Maria Kenworthy was one of the nine children of James Lees Kenworthy, an artist and teacher from Yorkshire. Together with his wife, Elizabeth, who was also a teacher, her parents ran a boarding school housing around six pupils at a time. Esther is not recorded as receiving formal training in art anywhere but...
Her debut in the art world came at the Royal Academy in 1881 when she was living at Kerrison Lodge, Ealing; in that year and 1882, her exhibits were entitled Wallflowers. Her paintings continued to feature flowers as their focal point which became her specialism. Throughout the 1880s she submitted one or two paintings to the Academy each year; work...
Following the death of her husband in 1917, Esther struggled financially; she sold many of his paintings from the studio in their home at 10 Hall Road, St John’s Wood. Artworks were not achieving good prices during that period, and in an attempt to raise funds before prices further deteriorated she arranged for the remaining contents of the studio ...
Waterhouse and his wife Esther did not have any children. Esther Waterhouse outlived her husband by 27 years, passing away in 1944 at a nursing home. Today, she shares her husband’s grave at Kensal Green Cemetery in north London.
In 1883 he married Esther Kenworthy, the daughter of an art schoolmaster from Ealing who had exhibited her own flower-paintings at the Royal Academy and elsewhere. In 1895 Waterhouse was elected to the status of full Academician.
