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Louisa Starr (1845 – 1909) was an British painter. Starr was born in London and lived on Russell Square when she became a copyist at the British Museum.〔(Louisa Starr ) in English Female Artists by Ellen Creathorne Clayton, 1876〕 She became a student at the Royal Academy and showed her first work there in 1866 and by 1876 she had already showed 17 paintings there.〔 She won a gold medal at the Royal Academy for history painting in 1867. She was the first woman to do so and was followed by Jessie Macgregor's gold medal in 1871, but the next woman to do so was not until 1909.〔(Louisa Starr and Jessie Macgregor and their gold medals ) in The Dictionary of British Women Artists, by Sara Gray, 2009〕 She married Enrico Canziani and thereafter signed her works with her married name. Her daughter Estella Canziani also became an artist. She exhibited paintings at Chicago World Exposition in 1893.〔(1893 Chicago World's Fair and Exposition )〕 Her painting ''Sintram and his mother'' was included in the 1905 book ''Women Painters of the World''.〔''(Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day )'', by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905〕 Starr died in London. File:Louisa Starr Canziani - Sintram and his mother.jpg|''Sintram and his mother'' File:Brian Houghton Hodgson by Louisa Starr-Canziani.jpg|''Portrait of Brian Houghton Hodgson'' == References == *5 *24 *(Louisa Starr Canziani ) on artnet 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Louisa Starr」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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