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mary holden bird
mary holden bird
Mary Holden Bird (1883-1978) was a painter and etcher, most well known for her restrained watercolour seascapes and landscapes. She studied at Heatherley’s School of Fine Art in London and went on to exhibit at the Royal Academy and the Fine Art Society, where she had frequent one-person shows. Known to her friends as Molly, in 1914 she married the cartoonist Cyril Kenneth Bird, who drew for Punch under the pen name Fougasse. They lived in London for some time, before moving to Morar on the west coast of Scotland. It was a place she had long been drawn to and where she would ultimately produce many of her most well known and much loved paintings. Mary’s work was included in several publications during her lifetime, including Percy V Bradshaw’s book Watercolour: A Truly English Art. Her work has become highly collectable and has been represented by fine auction houses such as Christies, Sothebys and Bonhams.
mary holden bird
Mary Holden Bird (1883-1978) was a painter and etcher, most well known for her restrained watercolour seascapes and landscapes. She studied at Heatherley’s School of Fine Art in London and went on to exhibit at the Royal Academy and the Fine Art Society, where she had frequent one-person shows. Known to her friends as Molly, in 1914 she married the cartoonist Cyril Kenneth Bird, who drew for Punch under the pen name Fougasse. They lived in London for some time, before moving to Morar on the west coast of Scotland. It was a place she had long been drawn to and where she would ultimately produce many of her most well known and much loved paintings. Mary’s work was included in several publications during her lifetime, including Percy V Bradshaw’s book Watercolour: A Truly English Art. Her work has become highly collectable and has been represented by fine auction houses such as Christies, Sothebys and Bonhams.