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Actions Displays	Tobacco jar Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Download mediaDownload as zip file Object number20405.01 TitleTobacco jar Creator? (manufacturer)‎, Helen Paxton Brown, (Artist)‎ DescriptionThis lidded tobacco jar was hand-painted by the artist Helen Paxton Brown in 1933. The deep green of the edges and panels is complemented by a cheerful riot of simple flowers in pink and mauve. Helen Paxton Brown (1876-1956) was born in Glasgow and studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1894-1901. This period not only saw further development of what is now known as the Glasgow Style, it was also a time when women artists began to stand up and stand out, recognised in their own right. Also known as Nell, Paxton Brown worked in a range of mediums – as well as ceramics, she was a painter, embroiderer, and a book binder. She went on to teach embroidery at Glasgow School of Art from 1904-07, and book binding from 1911-13. She attended sketching classes in Paris and admired the loose style of the French Impressionists – she made frequent visits to the city, where her art was inspired by the people and the café culture. Paxton Brown was a member of both the Glasgow Society of Artists and the Lady Artists’ Club, where she exhibited regularly from the 1920s. It was while studying at Glasgow that Paxton Brown met fellow woman artist Jessie M King, beginning a lifelong friendship that lasted despite the very different paths they followed in their careers. They shared a flat from around 1898 until King married in 1907, often modelling for each other. Both Helen Paxton Brown and Jessie King are associated with the Glasgow Girls, the term now given to the women who studied and worked at the Glasgow School of Art from 1880 until 1920. Innovative artists in a range of disciplines, they played an important role in the development of the Glasgow Style. Production placeStaffordshire Production date 1933 Object nameJar, Tobacco jar ceramics Materialceramic Techniquewheel thrown Dimensions whole Diameter: 130 mm whole Height: 190 mm Credit lineNFA

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Object number20405.01

TitleTobacco jar

Creator? (manufacturer)‎, Helen Paxton Brown, (Artist)‎

DescriptionThis lidded tobacco jar was hand-painted by the artist Helen Paxton Brown in 1933. The deep green of the edges and panels is complemented by a cheerful riot of simple flowers in pink and mauve. Helen Paxton Brown (1876-1956) was born in Glasgow and studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1894-1901. This period not only saw further development of what is now known as the Glasgow Style, it was also a time when women artists began to stand up and stand out, recognised in their own right. Also known as Nell, Paxton Brown worked in a range of mediums – as well as ceramics, she was a painter, embroiderer, and a book binder. She went on to teach embroidery at Glasgow School of Art from 1904-07, and book binding from 1911-13. She attended sketching classes in Paris and admired the loose style of the French Impressionists – she made frequent visits to the city, where her art was inspired by the people and the café culture. Paxton Brown was a member of both the Glasgow Society of Artists and the Lady Artists’ Club, where she exhibited regularly from the 1920s. It was while studying at Glasgow that Paxton Brown met fellow woman artist Jessie M King, beginning a lifelong friendship that lasted despite the very different paths they followed in their careers. They shared a flat from around 1898 until King married in 1907, often modelling for each other. Both Helen Paxton Brown and Jessie King are associated with the Glasgow Girls, the term now given to the women who studied and worked at the Glasgow School of Art from 1880 until 1920. Innovative artists in a range of disciplines, they played an important role in the development of the Glasgow Style.

Production placeStaffordshire

Production date 1933

Object nameJar, Tobacco jar

ceramics

Materialceramic

Techniquewheel thrown

Dimensions

whole Diameter: 130 mm
whole Height: 190 mm

Credit lineNFA