Education
She studied in Paris under Eugene Isabey and later in Venice, where her family moved, at the Accademia di Belle Arti, in the 1880s and 1890s.
She studied in Paris under Eugene Isabey and later in Venice, where her family moved, at the Accademia di Belle Arti, in the 1880s and 1890s.
Between 1879 and 1889 she exhibited her work at the Grosvenor Gallery, London. In 1892, in recognition of her artistic talent, she was admitted into the Royal Watercolour Society. She died in Venice in 1929.
She was born in Cheltenham in 1842, the youngest of the four daughters of the Swedish-born artist Anthony Rubens Montalba and Emeline (née Davies).
The 1871 British census shows Anthony Montalba living at 19 Arundel Gardens, Notting Hill, London, with four daughters, all artists. The Montalba sisters were regular contributors to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition during the 1870s.
She specialized in watercolors, most notably scenes from her family"s home in Venice, where she lived at the end of the 19th century. Her work was exhibited at the 1893 exposition of British Women Painters.
Between 1879 and 1889 she exhibited her work at the Grosvenor Gallery, showing a series of scenes painted in Venice, which captured the unique mood and atmosphere of Venetian life.
Royal favour
They spent time with the Princess in Canada, painting landscapes. Princess Louise married the Marquess of Lorne in 1878, who was soon chosen to be Canada"s new Governor General. They left Canada on 27 October 1883.
Clara Montalba died in Venice in 1929.
Feminism.