![]() ![]() Praised first as a "virtuous" practitioner in "Oyl Colours" by Sir William Sanderson in his 1658 book Graphice: Or The use of the Pen and Pensil In the Excellent Art of PAINTING, Beale's work was later commended by court painter Sir Peter Lely and, soon after her death, by the author of "An Essay towards an English-School", his account of the most noteworthy artists of her generation. Her 1663 manuscript Observations, on the materials and techniques employed "in her painting of Apricots", though not printed, is the earliest known instructional text in English written by a female painter. By the late 1650s, Beale had developed a formidable reputation and. Beale’s clientele included her immediate circle of friends, nobility, landed gentry, and clergymen. ![]() She supported her family through her work as an artist, primarily as a portraitist. Beale was also a writer, whose prose Discourse on Friendship of 1666 presents scholarly, uniquely female take on the subject. Mary Beale: Experimental Secrets Featuring brand new research, Mary Beale: Experimental Secrets will shed new light on the work of seventeenth-century painter Mary Beale (16331699). artist profile: Mary Beale was one of the first professional female painters in England. Beale became the main financial provider for her family through her professional work – a career she maintained from 1670/71 to the 1690s. She was part of a small band of female professional artists working in London. Developers threatening the 17th-century home and studio of Mary Beale, Britains first professional female painter, are facing opposition from many of her most. 8 October 1699) was an English portrait painter.
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