1. Lucy Elizabeth Kemp-Welch was a British artist and teacher who specialized in painting horses.
16 Facts About Lucy Kemp-Welch
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Lucy Kemp-Welch was born in Bournemouth, the first child of solicitor Edwin Buckland Kemp-Welch, a solicitor and amateur naturalist.
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Lucy Kemp-Welch showed an early excellence in art and exhibited for the first time when she was 14 years old.
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In 1905 Kemp-Welch took over the Herkomer School, and ran it until 1926, first as the Bushey School of Painting and then, after relocating it to premises in the garden of her own home, as the Kemp-Welch School of Animal Painting.
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Lucy Kemp-Welch received further public recognition in 1897 when her painting Colt-Hunting in the New Forest was shown at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
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In total, throughout her career Lucy Kemp-Welch had 61 paintings displayed at the Royal Academy.
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The success of Colt-Hunting in the New Forest led many to believe that Lucy Kemp-Welch would be elected to the Royal Academy but although she was nominated at least twice, she was not elected.
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Lucy Kemp-Welch had previously illustrated Round About, A Brighton Coach Office by M E King in 1896 and The Marking of Mathias in 1897.
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Lucy Kemp-Welch painted at least two Boer War scenes, In Sight: Lord Dundonald's dash on Ladysmith, 1901, and Sons of the City.
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Lucy Kemp-Welch was commissioned by the Women's Work Section of the Imperial War Museum to paint a scene at the largest such depot, one staffed entirely by women, at Russley Park in Wiltshire.
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In 1916, Lucy Kemp-Welch sought and was given permission to visit the Royal Field Artillery camp at Bulford on Salisbury Plain.
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In 1924, for the Royal Exchange, Lucy Kemp-Welch designed and completed a large panel commemorating the work of women during World War One.
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Lucy Kemp-Welch resided in Bushey, Hertfordshire for most of her life, never marrying.
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The Lucy Kemp-Welch estate has been represented by Messum's Fine Art since 1975.
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Lucy Kemp-Welch's younger sister Edith, was an artist, and studied at Herkomer's school.
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Lucy Kemp-Welch occasionally exhibited at the Royal Academy, and lived her adult life at 'Kingsley' with her sister, until her death from cancer in 1941.