Emily Beatrice Bland NEAC (11 May 1864 – 20 January 1951) was an English artist who specialised in landscapes, still life and flower paintings. She was elected a member of the NEAC in 1926.
Bland was born in Lincoln in 1864, and studied at the Lincoln School of Art, then from 1892 to 1894 at the Slade School of Art under Henry Tonks and Fred Brown.
Bland exhibited at the Royal Academy and at the Liverpool Autumn exhibitions. She first exhibited with the New English Art Club in 1897 and was elected a member in 1926. She had a solo exhibition at the Leicester Galleries in 1922. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Tate Gallery.
Collections
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, UK
Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston upon Hull, UK
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, UK
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle Upon-Tyne, UK
Manchester Art Gallery, UK
Royal Academy of Arts, London
Salford Museum & Art Gallery, UK
The Box, Plymouth, UK
Tate Gallery, London
The Wilson Art Gallery, UK, Cheltenham, UK
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, UK, Birkenhead, UK
Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & FURTHER READING
- This is an edited version of the Wikipedia entry for Emily Beatrice Bland
- View a selection of her paintings on the ArtUK website
- (Emily) Beatrice's profile on the Tate website
- Header image: 'Flowers in a Sunny Window', Emily Beatrice Bland (1864–1951), Walker Art Gallery