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Edith Carr (24 February 1875 – 29 January 1949) was a British artist, notable as a portrait and miniature painter.

Biography

Carr was born in Croydon in south London, where her father was a merchant. After a private education, Carr studied at the Croydon School of Art and then in Paris at the Académie Delécluse where she was taught by Georges Callot. Carr painted miniatures and portraits and exhibited some twenty pieces at the Royal Academy in London. She was a member of the Royal Miniature Society and exhibited with the Society of Women Artists and at the Paris Salon between 1907 and 1943.

References

1. ^ Brian Stewart; Mervyn Cutten (1997). The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-173-2.
2. Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
3. David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
4. Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 3 Bulow-Cossin. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2-7000-3073-7.

• 1875 births
• 1949 deaths
• 20th-century English painters
• 20th-century English women artists
• Académie Delécluse alumni
• Alumni of Croydon College
• English women painters
• Artists from London
• People from Croydon
• 20th-century British women painters