Cecil Jay
Cecil Jay (1883–1954) was an Anglo-American painter, mainly of portraits and miniatures.
A native of London, Jay received her early instruction there, first at the Royal College of Art and later under Hubert von Herkomer[1] before traveling to the Netherlands. Here she studied with the American expatriate George Hitchcock, marrying him in 1905. After he died in 1913, she took American citizenship. After World War I, she married a retired British civil servant, Oliver Vassall Calder, with whom she lived in Oxford. She died in Oxford.[2]
Jay was active mostly at the beginning of the twentieth century, exhibiting at the
Jay's portrait of Hitchcock is in the collections of the National Academy.[2] She is also represented in the collections of the Walker Art Gallery.[5]
References
- ^ "Watercolors on Ivory by Cecil Jay (Mrs. George Hitchcock) – Indianapolis Museum of Art". Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-55595-029-3.
- ^ American Art Directory. R.R. Bowker. 1918. pp. 514–.
- ^ The International Studio. New York Offices of the International Studio. 1915. pp. 316–.
- ISBN 978-0-933075-11-5.
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