Marjorie May Bacon

Marjorie May Bacon
Born(1902-01-06)6 January 1902
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Died9 February 1988(1988-02-09) (aged 86)
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
NationalityBritish
Education
Known forPainting
SpouseHenry Macbeth-Raeburn (m. 1936–1947, his death)

Marjorie May Bacon, later Marjorie Macbeth-Raeburn (6 January 1902 – 9 February 1988) was a British printmaker and painter.

Biography

Bacon was born in Ipswich and lived in Great Yarmouth as a child.[1] Bacon attended Yarmouth Art School from 1914–23 where she won a scholarship in 1917 and by 1921 passed the Board of Education's drawing examinations at the earliest age possible.[2] She studied at the Norwich School of Art and then at the Royal College of Art in London, obtaining her diploma in 1927.[3]

Bacon produced aquatints, wood-engravings and lithographs.[4] She exhibited at the Royal Academy and with the New English Art Club.[3][5] Her Royal Academy exhibits included Miss Aline Wilson of Welby Park, 1934.[6] An oil painting by Bacon depicting Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret as children riding on horses is held in the Royal Collection.[7]

In 1936, in London, Bacon married the artist Henry Macbeth-Raeburn and, by 1939, the couple were living in Great Yarmouth.[1] In the 1940s, she was a member of, and exhibited with, the Ipswich Art Club.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Bacon, Marjorie May (1902-1988)". Suffolk Artists. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. ^ Bury, Stephen (2012). Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University.
  3. ^ a b Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
  4. ^ Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 1 A-Bedeschini. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2-7000-3070-2.
  5. ^ Grant M. Waters. Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950 Volume II. Eastbourne Fine Art.
  6. ^ "Bacon, Marjorie May". Suffolk Artists. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Princess Elizabeth (1926-) and Princess Margaret (1930-2002) Riding". Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 20 March 2019.