Marjorie Evans, later Marjorie Scott Elliot (c.1850–1907) was a Scottish artist known for her flower paintings.

Biography

Evans spent most of her life in

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but was also resident in

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in London for a substantial period. She painted flowers, still-life scenes, landscapes and sometimes portraits, working in both oil and watercolours. Evans was elected to the

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in 1891 but resigned from the Society in 1902. She exhibited two paintings of roses at the

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in London in 1892 and also in 1895. She also exhibited with the

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and the

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* 1850s births 1907 deaths 19th-century Scottish painters 19th-century Scottish women painters Artists from Aberdeen {{Scotland-artist-stub