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BIOGRAPHY

Henrietta Rae was the wife of the painter Ernest Normand (married in 1884) and was one of the few female artists to tackle large-scale classical and allegorical subjects. Rae and her husband lived in Holland Park and were neighbours of Lord Leighton.

Rae began to study art at the age of thirteen, and was a pupil at Heatherley's and at the RA Schools. A medallist at the Paris and Chicago Universal Exhibitions. She exhibited from 1881 at the Royal Academy, Grosvenor Gallery, New Gallery and elsewhere. Her principal paintings are 'Ariadne' 1885; 'Ophelia' 1890 (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool); 'Flowers Plucked and Cast Aside' 1892; 'Sir Richard Whittington and his Charities' 1900 (fresco for the Royal Exchange); 'Portrait of Lady Tenterden and Echo' 1906; 'Hylas and the Water Nymphs' 1910.

• Psyche before Venus by Henrietta Rae
• Isabella or the Pot of Basil Paintings
• Apollo and Daphne print
• DO YOU KNOW THE VALUE OF THIS PITCURES?
• Henrietta Rae - Sirens Colour Version Sighted

BIOGRAPHY

Henrietta Rae was the wife of the painter Ernest Normand (married in 1884) and was one of the few female artists to tackle large-scale classical and allegorical subjects. more...

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• A Bacchante 1885
• A Classical Beauty
• A Reverie circa 1888
• Apollo and Daphne 1895
• Apple-Blossom 1893
• Azaleas circa 1895
• Doubts 1886
• Ellen Terry and Henry Irving in Abelard and Heloise (sketch) 1913
• Eurydice sinking back to Hades 1887
• Flowers Plucked and Cast Aside 1893
• G. L. Beeforth, Esq 1895
• Her Eyes are Homes of Silent Prayer 1900
• Hylas and the Water Nymphs
• In Listening Mood 1905
• Isabella
• La Cigale 1891
• Lady Newton 1900
• Lancelot and Elaine 1884
• Loot 1903
• Mariana 1892
• Memories 1892
• Ophelia 1890
• Pandora 1894
• Psyche Before the Throne of Venus 1894
• Roses of Youth 1900
• Sirens 1903
• Songs of the Morning 1904
• Spinning 1881
• Spring
• Study for the head of Whittington circa 1900
• Summer
• Summer 1896
• The Charities of Sir Richard Whittington circa 1900
• The Death of Procris 1889
• The Garland
• The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava 1900
• The Nymph of the Stream circa 1894
• Venus Enthroned 1902
• Zephyrus wooing Flora circa 1888