Marjorie Baylis Barnard, known as Mary Baylis Barnard, (1870–1946) was a versatile British painter, notably of flowers but also of landscapes, interiors and genre scenes.

Biography

Barnard was born in

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and studied art in Paris. She lived in London until 1900 when she moved to

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and in 1901 she married the artist

Duncan MacGregor Whyte Duncan MacGregor Whyte (3 May 1866 – 3 December 1953) was an early-mid 20th century Scottish painter specialising in portrait, landscape, and seascape painting. Early life Duncan MacGregor Whyte was born in Oban, Argyll in 1866, to Rev. Cha ...

, who she had met in Paris. In 1910 they moved to

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where they shared a studio. The couple also spent part of each year on the island of

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, where they also kept a studio. Barnard was regarded as a highly competent painter with a fine colour sense which was best expressed in her delicate floral paintings. Although she sometimes exhibited works in London, for example showing flower paintings at the

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in 1894 and 1899 and also at the

Royal Institute of Oil Painters The Royal Institute of Oil Painters, also known as ROI, is an association of painters in London, England, and is the only major art society which features work done only in oil. It is a member society of the Federation of British Artists. Histor ...

, the majority of Barnard's public career took place in Scotland. She exhibited at the

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and, more frequently, with the

Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts (RGI) is an independent organisation in Glasgow, founded in 1861, which promotes contemporary art and artists in Scotland. The institute organizes the largest and most prestigious annual art exhibiti ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnard, Mary Baylis 1870 births 1946 deaths 19th-century English painters 19th-century English women painters 20th-century English painters 20th-century English women painters Artists from Wiltshire British expatriates in France