Marjorie May Bacon

Marjorie May Bacon
Born (1902-01-06)6 January 1902
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Died 9 February 1988(1988-02-09) (aged 86)
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Nationality British
Education
Known for Painting
Spouse(s) 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.

Biography

Bacon was born in Ipswich and lived in Great Yarmouth as a child.[1] She studied at the Norwich School of Art and then at the Royal College of Art in London, obtaining her diploma in 1927.[2][1] Bacon produced aquatints, wood engravings and lithographs.[3] She exhibited at the Royal Academy and with the New English Art Club.[2][4] In 1936, in London, she 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]

An oil painting of hers, depicting Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret as children, is held in the Royal Collection.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Bacon, Marjorie May (1902-1988)". Suffolk Artists. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 106 6.
  3. ↑ Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 1 A-Bedeschini. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2 7000 3070 2.
  4. ↑ Grant M. Waters. Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950 Volume II. Eastbourne Fine Art.
  5. ↑ "Marjorie May Macbeth-Raeburn (1902-88) - Princess Elizabeth (1926- ) and Princess Margaret (1930-2002) Riding". Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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