Hilda Montalba

Hilda Montalba (1845—1919)[1] was a British painter and sculptor.

Hilda Montalba
Born
Hilda Montalba

3 December 1845
London, England
Died24 November 1919
Venice, Italy
NationalityBritish
Known forPainter
Notable work
Boy Unloading a Venetian Market Boat
Boy Unloading a Venetian Market Boat by Hilda Montalba

Early life

Hilda Montalba was born in England on 03 December 1845,[2] one of four daughters of the Swedish-born artist Anthony Rubens Montalba and Emeline (née Davies). The 1871 British census shows Anthony Montalba living at 19 Arundel Gardens, Notting Hill, London, with four daughters, all artists.[3]

Career

Hilda and her three sisters all attained high repute as artists. The Montalba sisters were regular contributors to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition during the 1870s.[2] Like her sisters, Hilda painted many landscape subjects, including scenes of Venice. Like Clara she painted fishing boats, and also painted close-up studies of Venetian people. One notable example of her work is a painting now in the Graves Art Gallery in Sheffield, Boy Unloading a Venetian Market Boat.[2]

Between 1883 and 1890 she exhibited a number of works at the Grosvenor Gallery in Bond St, initially sculpture, later paintings of Venice, such as Venetian Fog, exhibited in 1890.[4] She exhibited her work at the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[5]

Three of her oil paintings are in UK public collections, namely Sheffield Museums and the National Trust.[1]

See also

References
  1. Paintings by or after Hilda Montalba, Art UK. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  2. Biography of the Montalba sisters Retrieved August 2011
  3. History of Arundel Gardens Retrieved 7 February 2010
  4. At the Temple of Art: The Grosvenor Gallery, 1877-1890 By Colleen Denney Retrieved September 2011
  5. Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 12 December 2018.
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