Margaret Murray Cookesley (c.1850 – 1927)

Margaret Murray Cookesley (c.1850 – 1927)
Materials: oil on panel
Measurements: 12.50 x 17in.
Bears signature ‘M. Murray Cookesley’ (lower right)
Farhat Art Museum Collection.

Born in London, England in 1850. She was a landscape painter who became very interested in the orientalist movement of the time. With courage, she visited the middle east to learn the culture picture the sights first hand. Her subjects were usually Egyptian scenes and her favorite techniques oil and watercolor. During the years of 1884-1889 she saw her career flourish with exhibitions in many major galleries in England including the Royal Academy and the Society of Women Artists