death_date death_place birth_place imagesize training nationality name field birth_date article_title birth_name
1929 venice , italy cheltenham , england 250px accademia di belle arti british clara montalba painter 1842 clara montalba
 clara montalba
clara montalba

clara federica montalba rws -lrb- 1842 -- 1929 -rrb- was a british artist , chiefly known for her watercolour paintings of venice .
she was the eldest of four daughters of the swedish-born artist anthony rubens montalba , all of whom achieved considerable artistic success , though clara was arguably the most accomplished and best-known of the four .
between 1879 and 1889 she exhibited her work at the grosvenor gallery , london .
an early feminist , in 1886 she was named by millicent garrett fawcett as one of twenty successful and accomplished women who had given `` warm help and support '' to the movement .
in 1892 , in recognition of her artistic talent , she was admitted into the royal watercolour society .
she died in venice in 1929 .
