R.A.Foster - Chrysanthemums in blue vase

Nottingham flower painter in Watercolour and oil paint. Rebecca Fisher of Scarrington House married the artist Herbert Wilson Foster at Scarrington in 1894. Both husband and wife exhibited at Nottingham Castle Local Artists’ exhibitions.

She was elected Associate member of the Nottingham Society of Artists in 1913 and a full member in 1915. Between 1898-1939 she exhibited 157 works at the Nottingham Museum and Art Gallery, 2 at the Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham and 1 at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Her work was reproduced as postcards and “OIlettes” by Raphael Tuck and Sons.                

Address given as Munster’s Road, West Bridgford, Notts.