Mary Rankin Swan | |
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Born | Mary Ann Rankin 1865 Ireland |
Died | 1944 | (aged 78–79)
Nationality | Irish |
Known for | Portraits of Children |
Notable work | Sunbeams, The music Lesson |
Mary Rankin Swan (1865-1944), also Mrs John Macallan Swan, was an Irish portrait artist. [1]
Born Mary Anne Rankin in Coleraine, Ireland, in 1865. [2] Her father was Hamilton Rankin of Camdonagh, County Donegal, he was an inspector of waterworks. [2] She married the artist John Macallan Swan in Cork in 1884. [3] She was an artist who specialised in depictions of children and occasionally sculptures. [4] [5]
Together, they had two children, John Barye Rankin, an engineer who served as a Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] [7] in the First World War, and Mary Alice, who went on to become a sculptor and medalist. [8]
The family lived in London. [8] She died in 1944. [2]
Mary Rankin Swan | |
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Born | Mary Ann Rankin 1865 Ireland |
Died | 1944 | (aged 78–79)
Nationality | Irish |
Known for | Portraits of Children |
Notable work | Sunbeams, The music Lesson |
Mary Rankin Swan (1865-1944), also Mrs John Macallan Swan, was an Irish portrait artist. [1]
Born Mary Anne Rankin in Coleraine, Ireland, in 1865. [2] Her father was Hamilton Rankin of Camdonagh, County Donegal, he was an inspector of waterworks. [2] She married the artist John Macallan Swan in Cork in 1884. [3] She was an artist who specialised in depictions of children and occasionally sculptures. [4] [5]
Together, they had two children, John Barye Rankin, an engineer who served as a Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] [7] in the First World War, and Mary Alice, who went on to become a sculptor and medalist. [8]
The family lived in London. [8] She died in 1944. [2]