Jessie Beattie b. 1860

  • Artist (Painter)
Daughter of the well-known costumier Madame Mary Jane Beattie, Jessie Beattie is thought to have been a pupil of the painter Lucien Henry as she painted two copies of his work 'La Baie du Mirroir, New Caledonia' which were later included in a retrospective exhibition of Henry's work at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney in 2000.

painter, daughter of a well-known costumier (Madame) Mary Jane Beattie, was born in Sydney in 1860. Married Edwin Macrae in 1883. Died at North Sydney in 1935. Jessie painted two copies of Lucien Henry 's La Baie du Mirroir, New Caledonia and may have been his private student during the 1880s. The Powerhouse Museum purchased her painting of New Caledonia c.1999 and plans were made to borrow further Beattie copies for an exhibition of Henry’s work opening at the Museum in late 2000.

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Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011