Maude Goodman facts for kids

Maude Goodman (1853–1938) was a talented British artist known for her beautiful paintings, especially those featuring children. She lived during the Victorian era and her art was very popular in her time.

About Maude Goodman

Hush! (also called A Moment of Idleness).

Maude Goodman was born in Manchester, England, in 1853. Her birth name was Matilda. Sadly, her birth mother passed away. Later, her step-mother, who was also Jewish, encouraged her to study art.

Maude went to art school in London at the School of Art in South Kensington. This school is now known as the Royal College of Art. She learned from a famous teacher named Edward Poynter. For a while, she also studied with a Spanish painter who was visiting London. This Spanish painter had learned from another well-known artist named Marià Fortuny. Maude's art shows influences from her teachers and from other artists of her time, like the Pre-Raphaelites.

Early Career and Exhibitions

Maude won a special art award called the 'Queen's prize' in 1873. After finishing her studies, she started her career as an artist in 1874. Her first oil painting was shown at the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition in London. This was a big achievement!

Maude continued to show her paintings at the Royal Academy regularly until 1901. She exhibited 54 of her works there over the years. She also displayed her art at other important galleries and exhibitions. These included the Grosvenor Gallery, the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, the Royal Society of Artists in Birmingham, and the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.

In 1876, a writer named William Michael Rossetti (whose brother was the famous Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti) said that Maude's work had something special in its "colour and tone." Because she signed her paintings "M. Goodman," some people at first thought she was a man. But once they realized their mistake, they didn't write about her art as much.

"Miss Maude Goodman," an article about her life in The Art Journal from 1889.

Maude married Arthur Scanes in 1882. However, she continued to use her maiden name, Goodman, for her artwork.

In April 1892, an artist named Walker Hodgson painted Maude's portrait. This portrait was later shown in an exhibition called A Fraternity of Artists in 1984.

Maude Goodman also showed her work at a very important event called the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893. Her paintings were displayed in the Palace of Fine Arts there.

Popularity and Later Years

A photograph of Maude's painting Hush! was included in a book from 1905 called Women Painters of the World. This painting was also featured in a book of art notes by Henry Blackburn in 1894, the year it was shown at the Royal Academy.

Maude Goodman illustrated many children's books and postcards for a company called Raphael Tuck & Sons. Some of these even included poems written by her husband, Arthur Scanes.

Magazines during the Victorian era often wrote about Maude's life and showed her art. For example, The Girl's Realm magazine in 1902 published an interview with Maude. This interview took place at her home in West Kensington, London. She lived and worked from this house from 1894 until she passed away in 1938.

The Illustrated London News printed colorful pictures of Maude's art as special supplements in 1904. Weldon's Ladies magazines also included many black and white prints of her art as supplements well into the 1910s. However, after the year 1900, Victorian art started to become less popular. New art styles, like Art Nouveau, became more fashionable, and interest in art like Maude Goodman's began to decline.