North, Marianne, England 1830 to 1890 Paintings

North, Marianne, England 1830 to 1890 Oil Paintings

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Marianne North was born in Hastings, East Essex, England in 1830 and died in 1890. She was a naturalist painter whose subject matter mostly included birds, flowers, and fruit. She came from a wealthy, political, land-owning family. From a young age she trained as a vocalist, but when that failed she decided to pursue painting. In 1855, at the age of 25 her mother died and she began traveling with her father. In 1869 after her father's death she devoter herself to painting the botanicals of far away countries. Around age 40 she began her travels, first visiting Canada and the United States, then to Jamaica, Brazil, Japan, Borneo, Java, and Ceylon. In 1875 she began a journey around the world and spent two years painting the flowers, birds, and exotic fruit of other lands. The entire year of 1878 she stayed in India. She returned to Britain and exhibited in London. She gave her collection to the Royal Botanic Gardens and they erected a gallery to house them. In 1880 she visited Australia at the suggestion of Charles Darwin. She visited many other places including New Zealand and South Africa. In 1890, at age 69 she died in her home land in Gloucestershire.
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