Nancy Jane Burton

Nancy Jane Burton
Born1891
Insh, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Died15 August 1972(1972-08-15) (aged 80–81)
NationalityScottish
Alma materGlasgow School of Art
Known forAnimal paintings
ElectedGlasgow Society of Lady Artists

Nancy Jane Burton (1891 - 15 August 1972) was a Scottish artist known for her animal paintings.[1] She is considered one of Scotland's leading animal painters of the first half of the twentieth century.[2]

Biography

Burton was born at Insh in Inverness-shire in the Scottish Highlands.[3][4] She attended the Glasgow School of Art from 1909 to 1915, gaining her diploma in 1914.[4] She taught art at a school in Callander and for a time lived at Aberfoyle, Stirling before moving to a farm at Tyndrum in Perthshire.[2] In the early 1930s she visited her sister in northern India.[3][2] Originally planned as a six-month trip, Burton's talents as an animal painter attracted a large number of commissions and so she decided to stay and took a house in Rawalpindi.[5] She eventually spent four years in the region, travelling and painting, mostly in watercolour, in areas of northern India and modern-day Pakistan, Kashmir and Afghanistan.[6]

From the mid-1920s, Burton was a member of the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists and won their Lauder Award in 1924, in 1931 and in 1946 and 1953.[4] She was a prolific exhibitor, especially with the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts but also with the Royal Scottish Academy, the Aberdeen Artists Society and the Royal Scottish Watercolour Society.[7][2][4] Works by Burton were also shown at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.[4]

References

  1. ^ Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 3 Bulow-Cossin. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2-7000-3073-7.
  2. ^ a b c d Peter J.M. McEwan (1994). The Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-134-1.
  3. ^ a b Paul Harris & Julian Halsby (1990). The Dictionary of Scottish Painters 1600 to the Present. Canongate. ISBN 1-84195-150-1.
  4. ^ a b c d e David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
  5. ^ "The Courtyard, Afghanistan by Nancy Jane Burton. 1930s". The South Asia Collection. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Nancy Jane Burton: Watercolours from a journey through Pakistan & Afghanistan in the 1930s". The South Asia Collection. 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  7. ^ Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.