Mary Hoare (1744–1820) was an English
painter
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. She was
William Hoare's daughter and
Prince Hoare's sister. The latter had a strong influence on her.
[Hammerschmidt-Hummel, Hildegard, ed. Die Shakespeare-Illustration (1594–2000): Bildkünstlerische Darstellungen zu den Dramen William Shakespeares: Katalog, Geschichte, Funktion und Deutung. Vol. 3, Katalog: Abbildungen 1494–3000, edited by Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003, p. 249.]
Life and career
There is little known about Mary Hoare's life. In 1765 she married Henry Hoare (1744–1785). Between 1761 and 1764 she displayed works at the Society of Artists of Great Britain and at the Free Society of Artists.
Works by Hoare
Most of her known works deal with scenes of Shakespearean plays and can be located at the
Yale Center of British Art.
References
Further reading
* Hammerschmidt-Hummel, Hildegard, ed. Die Shakespeare-Illustration (1594–2000): Bildkünstlerische Darstellungen zu den Dramen William Shakespeares: Katalog, Geschichte, Funktion und Deutung. Vol. 3, Katalog: Abbildungen 1494–3000, edited by Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003.
* Kindler, Simone. Ophelia: Der Wandel von Frauenbild und Bildmotiv. Berlin: Reimer 2004.
External links
Mary Hoare's works at the Yale Center for British Art
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1744 births
1820 deaths
English dramatists and playwrights
18th-century English painters
19th-century English painters
19th-century English women
18th-century English women artists
18th-century English people
19th-century English women painters