14 Facts About Clare Marsh

Clare Marsh was an Irish still life and portrait artist.

Clare Marsh was born Emily Cecil Clare Marsh 13 January 1875 at New Court, Bray, County Wicklow, the house of her maternal grandfather, Andrew McCullagh, a wine merchant.

Clare Marsh's parents were Arthur and Rachel Marsh.

Clare Marsh's family were descended from the Anglo-Irish aristocracy, specifically from Francis Marsh of Edgeworth in Gloucester with his wife the great-aunt of James II's first wife.

Clare Marsh was influenced artistically by her aunt and John Butler Yeats, with whom she became close friends.

Clare Marsh was more drawn to the work of Yeats than of his son, Jack, and modelled her portraits on that of the older Yeats.

Clare Marsh exhibited with the Royal Hibernian Academy for the first time in 1900 with East wind effect and Roses.

Clare Marsh took a course at Norman Garstin's studio in Penzance, and stayed in North Wales in 1914, painting two Trearddur Bay scenes.

Clare Marsh painted still life and portraits, including one of Lily Yeats.

Clare Marsh spent two months in New York, staying with cousins at White Plains and then moved into a room neighbouring that of Yeats in Petitpas.

Clare Marsh became the Professor of Fine Arts at Alexandra College in 1916.

Clare Marsh painted a portrait of Jack Butler Yeats in 1918, which is held by the Highlanes Gallery.

Clare Marsh is believed to have been one of the founding members of the Society of Dublin Painters.

Clare Marsh was included in an exhibition of art by women artists at the Highlanes Gallery in 2012.