11 Facts About Rolinda Sharples

Rolinda Sharples was an English painter who specialised in portraits and genre paintings in oil.

Rolinda Sharples exhibited at the Royal Academy and at the Society of British Artists, where she became an honorary member.

Rolinda Sharples was born into a family of artists headed by James Sharples, her father, and Ellen Sharples, her mother who had studied under her husband and continued to assist James in his studio after their marriage.

Rolinda Sharples was only an infant when her parents moved to America in 1793.

Rolinda Sharples spent two periods in America, the first between 1793 and 1801 and the second from 1809 to 1811.

Rolinda Sharples taught Rolinda drawing, paying her small sums of money to encourage her.

Rolinda Sharples branched out from painting small portraits, to earning her living painting portraits in oil, and more ambitious genre and contemporary history paintings that depicted groups of people.

Rolinda Sharples was elected an honorary member of the Society of British Artists in 1827.

Rolinda Sharples was one of the first female British artists to tackle multi-figure compositions.

Rolinda Sharples's paintings were included in exhibitions in Bristol, Leeds, Birmingham, and Carlisle, and with the Royal Academy and the Society of British Artists in London.

Rolinda Sharples's painting shows a group in the cloakroom preparing for the evening.