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Mary Holden Bird BIOGRAPHY
1900 - 1978. Known for: Sea and landsape paintings, impressionism, etching.
Mary Holden Bird (see Caldwell) was a painter and etcher, mainly of seascapes and landscapes. She studied at Heatherley’s School of Fine Art and went on to show at the Fine Art Society (where she had... Read full biography
Mary Holden Bird (see Caldwell) was a painter and etcher, mainly of seascapes and landscapes. She studied at Heatherley’s School of Fine Art and went on to show at the Fine Art Society (where she had frequent one-man exhibitions), The Royal Acadmy (London), RSW, RBA and the Paris Salon. Mary was... Read full biography
Mary Holden Bird (see Caldwell) was a painter and etcher, mainly of seascapes and landscapes. She studied at Heatherley’s School of Fine Art and went on to show at the Fine Art Society (where she had frequent one-man exhibitions), The Royal Acadmy (London), RSW, RBA and the Paris Salon. Mary was married to the prominent cartoonist Cyril Kenneth Bird, who drew for Punch as "Fougasse". She was especially fond of the area around Morar, Scotland, where she came to live and produce much of her well... Read full biography
Mary Holden Bird (see Caldwell) was a painter and etcher, mainly of seascapes and landscapes. She studied at Heatherley’s School of Fine Art and went on to show at the Fine Art Society (where she had frequent one-man exhibitions), The Royal Acadmy (London), RSW, RBA and the Paris Salon. Mary was married to the prominent cartoonist Cyril Kenneth Bird, who drew for Punch as "Fougasse". She was especially fond of the area around Morar, Scotland, where she came to live and produce much of her well known and loved paintings. One of her transparent-washed watercolours is illustrated in Percy V Bradshaw’s book Watercolour: A Truly English Art. Mary Bird – known to her friends as Molly – lived in London for a time and then in Morar, Scotland. She... Read full biography
Mary Holden Bird (see Caldwell) was a painter and etcher, mainly of seascapes and landscapes. She studied at Heatherley’s School of Fine Art and went on to show at the Fine Art Society (where she had frequent one-man exhibitions), The Royal Acadmy (London), RSW, RBA and the Paris Salon. Mary was married to the prominent cartoonist Cyril Kenneth Bird, who drew for Punch as "Fougasse". She was especially fond of the area around Morar, Scotland, where she came to live and produce much of her well known and loved paintings. One of her transparent-washed watercolours is illustrated in Percy V Bradshaw’s book Watercolour: A Truly English Art. Mary Bird – known to her friends as Molly – lived in London for a time and then in Morar, Scotland. She invariably signed her work with a monogram.
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Mary Holden Bird (see Caldwell) was a painter and etcher, mainly of seascapes and landscapes. She studied at Heatherley’s School of Fine Art and went on to show at the Fine Art Society (where she had frequent one-man exhibitions), The Royal Acadmy (London), RSW, RBA and the Paris Salon.
Mary was married to the prominent cartoonist Cyril Kenneth Bird, who drew for Punch as "Fougasse". She was especially fond of the area around Morar, Scotland, where she came to live and produce much of her well known and loved paintings.
One of her transparent-washed watercolours is illustrated in Percy V Bradshaw’s book Watercolour: A Truly English Art. Mary Bird – known to her friends as Molly – lived in London for a time and then in...But wait, there's more...
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