Georgina Martha de l'Aubinière (British 1848-1930), Lady at ...

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£180

Georgina Martha de l'Aubinière (British 1848-1930), Lady at a stile, signed and dated 'G.M. de l'Aubinière.1894' (lower right), watercolour on paper laid onto canvas, 75 x 49.5 cm, later framed and glazed 90 x 64 cm Provenance With Peter Montagu-Williams, Henley-in-Arden. Purchased from above in 1975. Georgina Martha de L’Aubinière was born in Balsall Heath in the West Midlands. The daughter of English watercolourist John Steeple, she studied art in England for several years and was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy. She moved to Paris where she met fellow artist Constant de L'Aubinière, whom she married in 1874. While in France, she studied with Corot and Gérome and exhibited at the Cercle des Arts Libéraux in 1882. After touring France and England, the artist couple travelled to North America in 1882. They lectured, painted and exhibited from coast to coast until 1885-86. In Colorado L'Aubinière depicted mountain scenery before going with her husband to paint in California and British Columbia. She lived in Montreal for several years and painted Montmorency in 1888. Queen Victoria was an admirer of her work, purchasing two paintings in 1880 and receiving a series of the artist's British Columbian landscapes from the Provincial Legislature in 1887. She later returned to England and died in Bodmin, Cornwall in 1830. Her work can be found in the Dominion Gallery, Montreal.