Lucy Mackenzie
Born
Lucy Elizabeth Babbington Mackenzie

(1887-09-29)29 September 1887
Died10 November 1961(1961-11-10) (aged 74)
NationalityScottish
AwardsLauder Prize, 1932

Lucy Mackenzie (29 September 1887 - 10 November 1961) was a Scottish painter.[1][2]

Life

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Her father was Hugh John Mackenzie (4 July 1846 - 15 February 1907), a county road surveyor from Rothes in Moray.

Her mother was Isabella Lawson (c. 1849 - 6 September 1928) from Elgin. She was known as Ella and was the daughter of Alexander Lawson. Hugh and Ella married on 5 June 1877 at Brae Lossie, Elgin.[3]

Lucy Elizabeth Babbington Mackenzie was born at Springfield Cottage in Elgin on 29 September 1887.[4]

She married the Dundee artist John Daniel Revel (2 February 1884 - 25 November 1967). They married in March 1913 in Kensington, London. He later became the Director of Glasgow School of Art.

She won the Lauder Prize in 1932.

Death

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She died on 10 November 1961 at Churchill hospital, Oxford. Her usual address was then Lydds, Woodway Road, Blewbury, England.[5]

Works

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References

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  1. ^ The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. 1600 to the present. Paul Harris and Julian Halsby. Canongate Publishing. 1990.
  2. ^ Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Peter J. M. McEwan. Antique Collectors Club. 1994.
  3. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000446/18770614/072/0008
  4. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002727/18870930/095/0005
  5. ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1904/images/32858_625537_2384-00086?pId=19626495


Category:1887 births Category:1961 deaths Category:Scottish women painters