Marjorie May Bacon | |
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Born |
Ipswich, Suffolk, England | 6 January 1902
Died | 9 February 1988
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England | (aged 86)
Nationality | British |
Education | |
Known for | Painting |
Spouse | Henry Macbeth-Raeburn (m. 1936–1947, his death) |
Marjorie May Bacon, later Marjorie Macbeth-Raeburn (6 January 1902 – 9 February 1988) was a British printmaker and painter.
Bacon was born in Ipswich and lived in Great Yarmouth as a child. [1] Bacon attended Yarmouth Art School from 1914–23 where she won a scholarship in 1917 and by 1921 passed the Board of Education's drawing examinations at the earliest age possible. [2] She studied at the Norwich School of Art and then at the Royal College of Art in London, obtaining her diploma in 1927. [3]
Bacon produced aquatints, wood-engravings and lithographs. [4] She exhibited at the Royal Academy and with the New English Art Club. [3] [5] Her Royal Academy exhibits included Miss Aline Wilson of Welby Park, 1934. [6] An oil painting by Bacon depicting Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret as children riding on horses is held in the Royal Collection. [7]
In 1936, in London, Bacon married the artist Henry Macbeth-Raeburn and, by 1939, the couple were living in Great Yarmouth. [1] In the 1940s, she was a member of, and exhibited with, the Ipswich Art Club. [1]
Marjorie May Bacon | |
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Born |
Ipswich, Suffolk, England | 6 January 1902
Died | 9 February 1988
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England | (aged 86)
Nationality | British |
Education | |
Known for | Painting |
Spouse | Henry Macbeth-Raeburn (m. 1936–1947, his death) |
Marjorie May Bacon, later Marjorie Macbeth-Raeburn (6 January 1902 – 9 February 1988) was a British printmaker and painter.
Bacon was born in Ipswich and lived in Great Yarmouth as a child. [1] Bacon attended Yarmouth Art School from 1914–23 where she won a scholarship in 1917 and by 1921 passed the Board of Education's drawing examinations at the earliest age possible. [2] She studied at the Norwich School of Art and then at the Royal College of Art in London, obtaining her diploma in 1927. [3]
Bacon produced aquatints, wood-engravings and lithographs. [4] She exhibited at the Royal Academy and with the New English Art Club. [3] [5] Her Royal Academy exhibits included Miss Aline Wilson of Welby Park, 1934. [6] An oil painting by Bacon depicting Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret as children riding on horses is held in the Royal Collection. [7]
In 1936, in London, Bacon married the artist Henry Macbeth-Raeburn and, by 1939, the couple were living in Great Yarmouth. [1] In the 1940s, she was a member of, and exhibited with, the Ipswich Art Club. [1]