Mabel Mary Spanton

Mabel Mary Spanton, B.W.S (1874 - c.1940) was an English landscape painter who primarily worked in watercolour. ["Who's Who in Art" (Third Edition, 1934)]

Life and Work

Mabel Spanton was born in Hanley, Staffordshire on 1st December 1874 the daughter of Dr. William Dunnet Spanton, F.R.C.S. ["Who's Who in Art" (Third Edition, 1934)] She studied art at Hanley School of Art under J.S.Cartlidge, and also in Newlyn, Cornwall under Stanhope Forbes, R.A. ["Who's Who in Art" (Third Edition, 1934)] Mabel was elected as a member of the prestigious British Watercolour Society in 1927. ["Who's Who in Art" (Third Edition, 1934)] She travelled and painted extensively across the continent including the Balearic Islands in 1925, Italy, Spain, Holland and Belgium in 1928, and across England and Scotland in 1938. [National Art Library Catalogue] During the early 1920s Mabel lived in both Hastings and Bexhill, Sussex before spending the majority of her later years abroad. ["The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940" (Antique Collectors Club, 1980)]

Exhibitions

Mabel Mary Spanton exhibited extensively including at the Royal Academy London, London Salon, Royal Society of British Artists, Society of Women Artists, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Hibernian Academy, Royal Cambrian Academy, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours, Women's International Art Club, Hull, Newlyn, Southport, Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Aberdeen, Abbey Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, Walker Gallery London, Bristol, Royal Society of Artists Birmingham, Derby, Oldham, Dudley Gallery and New Dudley Gallery, Goupil Gallery London, Walker Art Gallery Liverpool. ["Who's Who in Art" (Third Edition, 1934)] ["The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940" (Antique Collectors Club, 1980)]

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