20-01 Neo-Classical Art - Mary Moser

This talk is about the artist Mary Moser - but who was she? Few have heard of her today yet she was the youngest ever Royal Academician, and she was even proposed as a candidate for the Presidency of the Royal Academy, the most prestigious appointment in art in the country. I will explain why she was so well regarded and some of the difficulties faced by women artists. She was principally a flower painter and I will also explain why flower painting was so important. Finally, you may be thinking flower painting was respectable and unadventurous but you will see later that her life was a lot more exciting than that. Full PDF notes are available on my website at https://www.shafe.co.uk/wp-content/up...