Fine Feathers make Fine Birds by A Bauerle

Amalie Mathilde Bauerle (12 November 1873 – 4 March 1916), known as Amelia Bauerle, was a British painter, illustrator and etcher. She also used the

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name Amelia Matilda Bowerley.

Early life

Bauerle was born in the

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area of London on 12 November 1873. She was the daughter of the German artist Karl Wilhelm Bauerle de">:de:Karl_Wilhelm_Bauerle">de(1831-1912), who had moved to England in 1869. Her siblings Karl Theodor Bauerle and Martha Bauerle also became artists.

Career

Bauerle studied at the

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and the

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at the Kensington Museum in London. At the Slade School she trained as an etcher under

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. She then travelled in Italy and Germany. Bauerle exhibited paintings at the

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from 1897 until her death, and also exhibited in Paris and America. She was an associate member of the

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. Bauerle also contributed illustrations, typically

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in style, to ''The Artist Engraver,

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'' and magazines ''

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''. She often depicted young children, flowers, angels or mermaids in her work. Other work included providing the illustrations for children's books, such as ''The Child Lover's Calendar'' (1909), ''The Wonderful Visit'' (1902) and ''A Wonder Book for Girl's and Boys'' (1903). When the

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was enumerated, Bauerle was living at a boarding house in Langhorne Gardens, Folkestone, her occupation was recorded as artist and her marital status was single.

Death

Bauerle died from

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on 4 March 1919.

Exhibitions and catalogues

* Catalogue of a series of water colours and etchings: ''When the world was young by Amelia M. Bauerlé. London: Dowdeswell Galleries, 1908.

Selected book illustrations

* Ismay Thorn. ''Happy-go-lucky''. Roseleaf Library, London, 1894. * W. E. Cule, ''Sir Constant: Knight of the Great King''. Andrew Melrose, London, 1899. *

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.'' Allegories''. Longmans & Co., London, 1898. *

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. The Day-Dream (poem) In: ''Flowers of Parnassus''. vol. 7. 900, etc.8º. *

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. ''A Wonder Book for Girl's and Boys,'' Ward, Lock, & Co.'','' London, 1903.

Selected paintings

* ''And o and o the Daisies Blow'' * ''Auccasin and Nicolette,'' 1901 * ''A Boy of Tenerife'', 1904 (etching) * ''Children Amongst Foxgloves'' * ''Children with Grapes'' * ''Evensong'' * ''Fairytales'' * Flower Land * ''When'' ''The Meadows Laugh''

References

Sources

Amelia Bauerle
* John Lane. ''The Yellow Book, An Illustrated Quarterly'', London, April 1897. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bauerle, Amelia 1873 births 1916 deaths 19th-century English painters 20th-century English painters 19th-century English women artists 20th-century English women artists Alumni of the Royal College of Art Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art Art Nouveau illustrators Art Nouveau painters English illustrators English people of German descent Painters from London People from Bayswater 19th-century British women painters