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Mary Beale ( née Cradock) (1633–1699) was an English portrait painter. She was part of a small band of female professional artists working in London. Beale became the main financial provider for her family through her professional work – a career she maintained from 1670/71 to the 1690s. [1] .
Mary Beale (née Cradock; late March 1633 – 8 October 1699) was one of the most successful professional female Baroque -era portrait painters of the late 17th century due to her perseverance of her business. Praised by Richard Gibson and court painter Peter Lely, she is considered as successful as Joan Carlile.
- British
- March 26, 1633
- Suffolk, United Kingdom
- October 8, 1699
Our current exhibition Fruit of Friendship: Portraits by Mary Beale, features twenty-five of her works from public and private collections. The exhibition spans her entire career and includes self-portraits, portraits of her family and friends, and formal commissions.
Mary Beale ( née Cradock) (1633–1699) was an English portrait painter. She was part of a small band of female professional artists working in London. Beale became the main financial provider for her family through her professional work – a career she maintained from 1670/71 to the 1690s.
Jan 8, 2023 · Mary Beale was a Baroque portraitist working in London. Her talent led her to become England's first professional female artist.
Mar 31, 2020 · Mary Beale (1633–1699) Museum of the Home. At the height of her career, Mary Beale had a studio in Pall Mall, then the epicentre of fashionable life. The Beale studio, which they saw as a family affair, was a place alive with experiment.
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Mary Beale was the most distinguished female portrait painter of the Stuart period and enjoys a particular celebrity among the portraitists of the seventeenth century.
