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Helen Henderson
Born
Helen Urie Henderson

(1859-04-15)15 April 1859
Died28 August 1945(1945-08-28) (aged 86)
NationalityScottish
RelativesEdward Arthur Walton, second husband, artist
John Walton, son, botanist

Helen Henderson (15 April 1859 - 28 August 1945) was a Scottish painter.[1][2]

Life

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Her father was James Henderson (29 March 1833 - 13 July 1893), a newspaper editor from Paisley.

Her mother was Jemima Smeal (11 September 1832 - 19 November 1908) from Glasgow. James and Jemima married on 12 June 1856 in Glasgow.

Helen Urie Henderson was born on 15 April 1859 in the High Church parish of Paisley.[3] [4]

For a while James Henderson became a pub inspector and the family moved to south, first to Blackburn in Lancashire, England and then to Kensington, London around 1871.

The family returned north to Glasgow. They stayed in Glenval villa in the south side of the city.

Helen Henderson was to marry a shipowner Thomas Law (1846 - 13 November 1881). They married on 30 March 1881 in Blackfriars parish, Glasgow.[5][6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Unfortunately Thomas died months later.[11] Helen soon had her first child Lilian May Law (24 January 1882 - 1928).

[12] Glenval villa break in.

Her second marriage was to the artist Edward Arthur Walton.[13][14]

Art

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She became an artist's model. James McNeill Whistler called her 'butterfly'.

She exhibited the work Sylvia at the RGI in 1889.[15]

Helen began exhibiting paintings using her Glenval address as Helen Law. This brought into the art world and she met Edward Arthur Walton.

Death

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She died on 28 August 1945 in Edinburgh. She was buried alongside her husband Edward Arthur Walton in Dean cemetery, Edinburgh.[16]

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.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/85988395/person/40569679737/facts
  4. ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/48714700/person/13055631000/facts
  5. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000472/18811119/038/0003
  6. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000453/18811119/050/0004
  7. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001738/18811119/049/0004
  8. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001577/18811119/076/0005
  9. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000295/18811122/077/0010
  10. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001110/18811119/101/0004
  11. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001738/18811119/049/0004
  12. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/18810813/025/0002
  13. ^ https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/4052/edward-arthur-walton-1860-1922-artist-his-fiancee-helen-law-or-henderson-1859-1945-later-mrs-edward
  14. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002683/18900603/003/0001
  15. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001965/18891107/021/0002
  16. ^ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151033157/helen-walton
  17. ^ https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/4052/edward-arthur-walton-1860-1922-artist-his-fiancee-helen-law-or-henderson-1859-1945-later-mrs-edward


Category:1859 births Category:Scottish women painters Category:1945 deaths