Mary Rankin Swan
Irish painter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mary Rankin Swan (1865-1944), also Mrs John Macallan Swan, was an Irish portrait artist.[1]
Mary Rankin Swan | |
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| Born | Mary Ann Rankin 1865 Ireland |
| Died | 1944 (aged 78–79) |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Known for | Portraits of Children |
| Notable work | Sunbeams, The music Lesson |
Life
Born Mary Anne Rankin in Coleraine, Ireland, in 1865.[2] Her father was Hamilton Rankin of Camdonagh, County Donegal, he was an inspector of waterworks.[2] She married the artist John Macallan Swan in Cork in 1884.[3] She was an artist who specialised in depictions of children and occasionally sculptures.[4][5]
Together, they had two children, John Barye Rankin, an engineer who served as a Naval Volunteer Reserve [6][7] in the First World War, and Mary Alice, who went on to become a sculptor and medalist.[8]
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