Blanche Jenkins R.A. (1852–1915) was a British portrait painter.[1][2]

Life

Jenkins was active as an exhibitor at the Society of British Artists and at the Royal Academy, where she showed some 49 works from 1872 onwards.[3] Her works The Fairy Queen; Daisy, daughter of G.T.R. Preston, Esq; and A Little Coquette were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1883.[4]

She was also a member of the Society of Lady Artists, through which she exhibited numerous works and gained some acclaim.[5] She also exhibited her work at the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[6]

Her painting Her Morning Ride was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.[7]

She died in 1915 and was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery with her father George (d.1871) and her sister Emma (d.1904).

References

  1. ^ "Blanche Jenkins". RKD. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Blanche Jenkins (b.c. 1852)". The Royal Academy. 20 May 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  3. ^ Brian Stewart & Mervyn Cutten (1997). The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-173-2.
  4. ^ The exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1883: The 115th.. London: London: William Clowes and Sons, Ltd. 1883. pp. 10, 18, 23.
  5. ^ "Jenkins, Blanche". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Index. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00094679. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  6. ^ Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  7. ^ Sparrow, Walter Shaw (1905). Women Painters of the World From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day. London: Hodder & Stoughton.
  • Catalogue of an exhibition of pictures by Miss Blanche Jenkins., London : Doré Gallery