Mary Georgina Wade Wilson (12 September 1856 – 1939) was a Scottish artist known for her watercolor and pastel paintings.[1]

Wilson grew up on the Bantaskine Estate in Falkirk before training in Edinburgh and Paris. She illustrated gardening books and her work includes also illustrations of gardens and the landscaped grounds of the Bantaskine estate were often a subject of her paintings.[2][3] The Falkirk Museum has an image of her as a child while the Falkirk Community Trust Museum & Archives Collections holds one of her works.[4][5]

Further reading

  • The Dictionary of Scottish Painters 1600 to the Present (1990) by Paul Harris & Julian Halsby, published by Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-150-1
  • The Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture (1994) by Peter J.M. McEwan, published by Antique Collectors' Club, ISBN 1-85149-134-1

References

  1. ↑ Julian Halsby (1986). Scottish Watercolours, 1740-1940. Batsford.
  2. ↑ Sir Herbert Maxwell (1911). Scottish Gardens: Being a Representative Selection of Different Types, Old and New. E. Arnold.
  3. ↑ Ian Elfick & Paul Harris (1998). T. N. Foulis: The History and Bibliography of an Edinburgh Publishing House. Werner Shaw. ISBN 978-0-907961-10-9.
  4. ↑ "Scran Web Site". Scran.
  5. ↑ "Search Results". collections.falkirk.gov.uk.
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