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Scottish artist, born in Kirkcudbright ~ tragically drowned at age forty in the River Clyde ~
Thomas Bromley Blacklock ~ 1863-1903
Born in Croydon, Surrey ~ English illustrator and devout Anglican, best known for her series of fairies and flowers illustrations ~ attended evening classes at the Croydon School of Art for many years and also taught there ~
Cicely Mary Barker ~ 1895-1973
Dutch artist specialising in flower paintings, born in The Hague ~ married portrait painter Juriaen Pool, with whom she had ten children ~ achieved international fame during her lifetime; the most prominent woman painter of the Dutch Golden Age ~
Rachel Ruysch ~ 1664-1750
Catalonian painter, illustrator ~ born in Alcalá de Henares, studied at the Escola de la Llotja, Barcelona ~ lived in Paris from 1900, returning to Catalonia during the First World War, where he died from tuberculosis in 1915 #ArtNouveau
Xavier Gosé ~ 1876-1915