Alice Des Clayes
Alice des Clayes (1890–1968) was a Scottish painter, sister to Berthe des Clayes. Alice Des Clayes was born in Aberdeen. She studied at the Bushey School of Art with Lucy Kemp Welch, who specialized in painting horses; at Newlyn and at Ambleteuse with Dudley Hardy.
Alice Des Clayes
- Name
- Alice des Clayes
- Born
- 22 December 1890
- Birthplace
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Died
- 1968
- Place of death
- London, England
- Education
- Bushey School of Art with Lucy Kemp Welch; at Newlyn; and at Ambleteuse with Dudley Hardy
- Known for
- Painter of animals
- Nationality
- Canada · United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- English
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She emigrated to Montreal Quebec in 1914. In 1920 she was made a non-resident member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Clayes returned to England in 1938. Her work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and the National Gallery of Canada.
The recorded working language is English. Works named in the authority record are Place Jacques-Cartier, Montréal. Work by Alice Des Clayes is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Canada, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and McCord Stewart Museum.
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• Name — Alice des Clayes • Born — 22 December 1890 • Birthplace — Aberdeen, Scotland • Died — 1968 • Place of death — London, England • Education — Bushey School of Art with Lucy Kemp Welch; at Newlyn; and at Ambleteuse with Dudley Hardy • Known for — Painter of animals
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1890
Alice Des Clayes born at Aberdeen.
1968
Alice Des Clayes died at Devon.
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- 1.Bradfield, Helen. Art Gallery of Ontario: the Canadian Collection. McGraw Hill. 1970. 0070925046.
- 2.Les Cahiers des Dix. 2008.
- 3.McMann, Evelyn. Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. University of Toronto Press. 1981.
- 4.Canadian Women Artists History Initiative : Artist Database : Artists : DES CLAYES, Alice.
- 5.Des Clayes, Alice.
- 6.National Gallery of Canada. Alice des Clayes. www.gallery.ca.
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Alice Des Clayes is recorded as painter.
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National Gallery of Canada, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and McCord Stewart Museum
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