CAMERON, Kate, RSW, RE (1874-1965)
Biography
Born Glasgow. Watercolour, Oil and Gouache, also illustrator and etcher. Flowers and landscapes. Sister of Sir D.Y. Cameron. Known for her romantic scenes. First solo exhibition in 1900 in Glasgow. Illustrated several Scottish ballads with minute detail and studies of wildlife, most notably bees and flowers. Her earliest work was influenced by the Scottish Symbolists although her work was always less stylised.
Her most common theme was flowers – the earliest of which were always pictured in bowls, the later ones nearly always showed the flowers in their natural habitat. The influence on the later work of Edwin Alexander is evident. Lifelong member of the Glasgow Lady Artists Club. Elected RSW 1897, RE 1964. She exhibited from 1921 with the RA, RSA from 1894, RSW, SWA and regularly at the AAS 1908-1937.
