{"title":"Anderson, Florence Mary","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlorence \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markll37uuy5r\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eMary\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markkclm8yati\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eAnderson\u003c\/span\u003e (1889-1945)\u003c\/strong\u003e, the children's illustrator and writer, was born in Greenock, Scotland in 1889, the fourth child of John, a wealthy sugar merchant, and his second wife\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markll37uuy5r\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eMary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMatilda (née Matthews).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1908, at the age of 19, \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markw4jxpqrdk\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eFlorence\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markkclm8yati\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eAnderson\u003c\/span\u003e applied to attend afternoon classes in drawing and painting at the Glasgow School of Art.  The formal art training she acquired in Glasgow provided \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markw4jxpqrdk\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eFlorence\u003c\/span\u003e with a foundation on which she could develop her interpretative skills as an author and illustrator.  Having completed her studies at Glasgow, she won a scholarship for a year’s course in drawing and painting at Bradford College of Art and then, in 1912, another scholarship to the Slade School of Fine Art under the tutelage of Henry Tonks (1862-1937).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmongst her notable works were 'The Secrets of the Flowers', 'The Cradleship' (1920) and 'The Land where Stories Grow' (1929).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn May 1914 a liaison with fellow Slade School student, Thomas Mackenzie, had resulted in the birth of her son, Murray \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markkclm8yati\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eAnderson\u003c\/span\u003e Mackenzie.  Although Mackenzie and \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markkclm8yati\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eAnderson\u003c\/span\u003e married in July 1925 at Hampstead Registry Office, they were divorced in October 1928 following his undenied adultery at a High Wycombe hotel with an unknown woman. The case caused so much of a scandal that it appeared on page 2 of the Daily Mirror on 20th April 1928.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom 1923 \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markkclm8yati\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eAnderson\u003c\/span\u003e lived by the River Thames at Strand-on-the Green, Chiswick, where she belonged to the Chiswick Group of Artists and earned a living from her landscape paintings, portraits, teaching, and designing and selling greetings cards.  She visited the Swiss Alps on several occasions and exhibited her work in London galleries including the Beaux Arts Gallery in 1928.  Until almost the end of her career, \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markkclm8yati\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eAnderson\u003c\/span\u003e was exclusively an illustrator of folklore and fairy tales.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe died on 21 July 1945.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArt historians and writers have frequently confused or conflated this artist with the illustrator and stage designer, \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markw4jxpqrdk\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eFlorence\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markll37uuy5r\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eMary\u003c\/span\u003e \"Molly\" MacArthur (1893-1972), whose married name was \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markkclm8yati\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eAnderson\u003c\/span\u003e, and whose illustrations are roughly contemporary with \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markkclm8yati\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eAnderson\u003c\/span\u003e's.  However, MacArthur always seems to have used her maiden name professionally.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"anderson-florence-m-1889-1945-a-diller-a-dollar-a-twelve-oclock-scholar","title":"Anderson, Florence M. 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