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Emily D. Corry was a Belfast-born still-life and portrait painter. Born Emily Davis Workman, she was the daughter of the Rev. Robert Workman, who encouraged her early interest in painting. Educated in Belfast and later at a boarding school in Germany, she exhibited regularly for over two decades. She showed with the Belfast Art Society from 1919 and subsequently with the Ulster Academy of Arts, becoming an Academician in 1936. In the late 1920s she was associated with the Ulster Society of Painters, serving as its president. Corry exhibited widely in Ireland and Britain, including at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Academy and Society of Women Artists. She also exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1926 and 1933, and was a member of the United Society of Artists, London. Her work encompassed still life, portraiture and landscape. Elderberries, exhibited at the 1938 Ulster Academy, was later presented by her husband, J. W. Corry, to the Belfast Museum and Art Gallery, now the Ulster Museum.
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Oil on Canvas Board , 40.5 x 50.5cm
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Emily D. Corry was a Belfast-born still-life and portrait painter. Born Emily Davis Workman, she was the daughter of the Rev. Robert Workman, who encouraged her early interest in painting. Educated in Belfast and later at a boarding school in Germany, she exhibited regularly for over two decades. She showed with the Belfast Art Society from 1919 and subsequently with the Ulster Academy of Arts, becoming an Academician in 1936. In the late 1920s she was associated with the Ulster Society of Painters, serving as its president. Corry exhibited widely in Ireland and Britain, including at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Academy and Society of Women Artists. She also exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1926 and 1933, and was a member of the United Society of Artists, London. Her work encompassed still life, portraiture and landscape. Elderberries, exhibited at the 1938 Ulster Academy, was later presented by her husband, J. W. Corry, to the Belfast Museum and Art Gallery, now the Ulster Museum.