Caroline Sharpe Art for Sale at Auction

b. 1856 - d. 1911

Sharpe was a British watercolorist known for her images of children and illustrations of youngsters in natural settings. She was eight years younger than her sister, Helen Allingham, also an artist. Caroline was especially noted for her illustrated childrens’ books and her published Christmas cards. Between 1883 until her marriage in 1892, Caroline (Paterson) Sharpe displayed her works in the Dudley gallery, London, in other art galleries in Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham. She gave art lessons in her Hampstead home. She was a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour.