Esther Borough Johnson
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| birth_name = Esther Harriet George
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| birth_place = Sutton Maddock, Shropshire
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Esther Harriet Borough Johnson née George (1866–1958) was a British painter.
Personal life
Esther Harriet George was born on 2 April 1866 at Sutton Maddock in Shropshire. Her father was a clergyman, a curate at the time of her birth and later vicar of Pentney, Norfolk. She had a twin sister Lydia. She married the artist Ernest Borough Johnson (1866–1949) in 1903, and thereafter painted under the name Esther Borough Johnson. She died on 28 October 1958, aged 92, in a nursing home in Worcester Park, Surrey.
Painting career
Johnson studied at Birmingham School of Art, Chelsea Art School and at Hubert von Herkomer's School of Art in Bushey.{{cite book|author=David Buckman|publisher=Art Dictionaries Ltd|year=2006|title=Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L |isbn=0-953260-95-X}} During her career she exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy in London, with the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and with the Women's International Art Club.{{cite book|author=Grant M. Waters|publisher=Eastbourne Fine Art|year=1975|title=Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950}} Her works are held in collections including Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries, Bushey Museum and Art Gallery and The Box, Plymouth.
She wrote The technique of flower painting in oil, water-colour, and pastel, published by Pitman (1931), and the introduction to a 1907 Drawings of Michael Angelo published by Newnes.
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External links
- {{Art UK bio}}
- [https://cornwallartists.org/cornwall-artists/esther-george Esther George, AKA Mrs Borough Johnson] data on the Cornwall Artists Index
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Category:19th-century English painters
Category:20th-century English painters
Category:Alumni of Chelsea College of Arts
Category:Alumni of the Birmingham School of Art
Category:Artists from Shropshire