Nancy Jane Burton

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Nancy Jane Burton
Born1891
Insh, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Died15 August 1972(1972-08-15) (aged 80–81)
NationalityScottish
Alma mater Glasgow School of Art
Known forAnimal paintings
Elected Glasgow Society of Lady Artists

Nancy Jane Burton (1891 - 15 August 1972) was a Scottish artist known for her animal paintings. [1] She is considered one of Scotland's leading animal painters of the first half of the twentieth century. [2]

Biography

Burton was born at Insh in Inverness-shire in the Scottish Highlands. [3] [4] She attended the Glasgow School of Art from 1909 to 1915, gaining her diploma in 1914. [4] She taught art at a school in Callander and for a time lived at Aberfoyle, Stirling before moving to a farm at Tyndrum in Perthshire. [2] In the early 1930s she visited her sister in northern India. [3] [2] Originally planned as a six-month trip, Burton's talents as an animal painter attracted a large number of commissions and so she decided to stay and took a house in Rawalpindi. [5] She eventually spent four years in the region, travelling and painting, mostly in watercolour, in areas of northern India and modern-day Pakistan, Kashmir and Afghanistan. [6]

From the mid-1920s, Burton was a member of the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists and won their Lauder Award in 1924, in 1931 and in 1946 and 1953. [4] She was a prolific exhibitor, especially with the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts but also with the Royal Scottish Academy, the Aberdeen Artists Society and the Royal Scottish Watercolour Society. [7] [2] [4] Works by Burton were also shown at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. [4]

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References

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  5. "The Courtyard, Afghanistan by Nancy Jane Burton. 1930s". The South Asia Collection. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  6. "Nancy Jane Burton: Watercolours from a journey through Pakistan & Afghanistan in the 1930s". The South Asia Collection. 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  7. Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.