Alice des Clayes
Born(1890-12-22)22 December 1890
Aberdeen, Scotland
Died1968 (aged 77–78)
London, England
NationalityScottish
EducationBushey School of Art with Lucy Kemp Welch; at Newlyn; and at Ambleteuse with Dudley Hardy
Known forPainter of animals

Alice des Clayes (1890–1968) was a Scottish painter, sister to Berthe des Clayes.[1][2] Born in Aberdeen. She studied at the Bushey School of Art with Lucy Kemp Welch, who specialized in painting horses; at Newlyn and at Ambleteuse with Dudley Hardy.[1] She emigrated to Montreal Quebec in 1914.[3][1] In 1920 she was made a non-resident member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[4] Alice des Clayes returned to England in 1938.[5]

Her work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec[2] and the National Gallery of Canada.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bradfield, Helen (1970). Art Gallery of Ontario: the Canadian Collection. Toronto: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0070925046. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Des Clayes, Alice".
  3. ↑ Dix (2008). "Les Cahiers des Dix".
  4. ↑ McMann, Evelyn (1981). Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "Canadian Women Artists History Initiative : Artist Database : Artists : DES CLAYES, Alice".
  6. ↑ "Alice des Clayes". www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 21 November 2022.


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