Mary Wheelhouse
Mary Vermuyden Wheelhouse (c. 1868 – c. 1947)[a] was a British painter, illustrator, toymaker and suffragette.
Early life and education[edit]
Mary Wheelhouse was born in Leeds, Yorkshire. She probably studied at the Scarborough School of Art around 1895 and then spent three years studying in Paris at the Académie Delécluse.[b] The Women's International Art Club (WIAC) was founded by students at the Académie Delécluse and Wheelhouse was on the executive committee of the WIAC 1904–06 and 1908–1914.[1]
Career[edit]
From 1900 Wheelhouse lived in Chelsea and for a time at the same address as the artist Louise Jacobs with whom she ran a shop, Pomona Toys, in Cheyne Walk, supplying children's toys to Fortnum's, Liberty's and Harrods. They exhibited toys at the 1916 Arts and Crafts exhibition.[2] She illustrated a large number of books and children's books, primarily by women writers including George Eliot, Juliana Horatia Ewing, George Sand and Elizabeth Gaskell.[3][4]
Suffrage[edit]
Wheelhouse campaigned for women's suffrage and was a board member of the Artists' Suffrage League, founded in 1907.[5]
Works illustrated include[edit]
- May Baldwin's Holly House and Ridges Row, W. & R. Chambers, London, 1908[6]
- George Sand's novel Les Maîtres Sonneurs (The Bagpipers), London, 1908
- Louisa M Alcott's "Good Wives", G. Bell & Sons, London, 1911[7]
Notes and references[edit]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Yu, Mengting (2018). "5". "A talented and decorative group" :a re‑examination of London's women artists, c.1900–1914 (Doctoral thesis). Nanyang Technological University. hdl:10356/73862.
- ^ Green, Rebecca. "Pomona Toys". Dolls' Houses Past & Present.
- ^ "Wheelhouse, M. V." WorldCat Identities.
- ^ "Wheelhouse, Mary Vermuyden, 1868-1947". Dominic Winter Auctioneers. Cirencester, England. 2018.
- ^ "Mary V. Wheelhouse (Illustrator of Cousin Phillis)". goodreads.com.
- ^ Holly House and Ridges Row.
- ^ Good Wives – A Sequel To "Little Women". G. Bell And Sons. 1911.
External links[edit]
- Mary Vermuyden Wheelhouse (1867-1947), Chris Beetles Gallery, with gallery of Wheelhouse's works
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