Emily Shanks
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Emily Shanks, also known as Emiliya Yakovlevna Shanks ' onMouseout='HidePop("35105")' href="/topics/Moscow">Moscow
, 1 August 1857 – London
, 13 January 1936), was an Anglo-Russian
artist.
Her father, James Stewart Shanks, was a Moscow businessman, and her siblings include Mary Shanks, also an artist, and Louise Maude
, translator of Tolstoy
's fiction. She was a British citizen, but spent much of her life in Russia.
She went to the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
and was the first woman made a full member of the Russian Society for Travelling Art Exhibitions
, a group who were reacting against formal conventions and who wanted to bring accessible art to a wider public than before.
Paintings by Shanks were included in the London Royal Academy
's Summer Exhibitions of 1916 and 1918 , while she was living near Holland Park
. Her death was registered in Kensington
early in 1936.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, 1 August 1857 – London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, 13 January 1936), was an Anglo-Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
artist.
Her father, James Stewart Shanks, was a Moscow businessman, and her siblings include Mary Shanks, also an artist, and Louise Maude
Aylmer and Louise Maude
Aylmer Maude and Louise Maude were English translators of Tolstoy's works, and Aylmer Maude also wrote his friend Tolstoy's biography. After living many years in Russia the Maudes spent the rest of their life in England translating Tolstoy's writing and promoting public interest in his work...
, translator of Tolstoy
Tolstoy
Tolstoy, or Tolstoi is a prominent family of Russian nobility, descending from Andrey Kharitonovich Tolstoy who served under Vasily II of Moscow...
's fiction. She was a British citizen, but spent much of her life in Russia.
She went to the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
The Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture was one of the largest educational institutions in Russia. The school was formed by the 1865 merger of a private art college, established in Moscow in 1832, and the Palace School of Architecture, established in 1749 by Dmitry Ukhtomsky. By...
and was the first woman made a full member of the Russian Society for Travelling Art Exhibitions
Peredvizhniki
Peredvizhniki , often called The Wanderers or The Itinerants in English, were a group of Russian realist artists who in protest at academic restrictions formed an artists' cooperative; it evolved into the Society for Travelling Art Exhibitions in 1870.- History :In 1863 a group of fourteen students...
, a group who were reacting against formal conventions and who wanted to bring accessible art to a wider public than before.
Paintings by Shanks were included in the London Royal Academy
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
's Summer Exhibitions of 1916 and 1918 , while she was living near Holland Park
Holland Park
Holland Park is a district and a public park in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in west central London, England.Holland Park has a reputation as an affluent and fashionable area, known for attractive large Victorian townhouses, and high-class shopping and restaurants...
. Her death was registered in Kensington
Kensington
Kensington is a district of west and central London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. An affluent and densely-populated area, its commercial heart is Kensington High Street, and it contains the well-known museum district of South Kensington.To the north, Kensington is...
early in 1936.
Paintings
- a Governess TyumenTyumenTyumen is the largest city and the administrative center of Tyumen Oblast, Russia, located on the Tura River east of Moscow. Population: Tyumen is the oldest Russian settlement in Siberia. Founded in 16th century to support Russia's eastward expansion, the city has remained one of the most...
Museum, Russia - The Girl, privately owned
- The Lesson (1887), privately owned
- The Ink Blot (c1893)
- Scene in a Russian Hospital: The Ear Inspection, Chelmsford Museum, England
- Work in the Syzransky Museum, SamaraSamara OblastSamara Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Samara. Population: In 1936–1990, it was known as Kuybyshev Oblast , after the Soviet name of Samara .-Demographics:Population:...
- Double Portrait of Aylmer Maude and Stella Meldrum, privately owned
- A Bit of Moscow (exhibited RARoyal AcademyThe Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
1916) - Peaceful Moscow (exhibited RA 1918)
- Moscow rooftops, privately owned
- The Kremlin Gold Room, privately owned