Jessie M. King

Jessie Marion King
Born
Jessie Marion King

(1875-03-20)20 March 1875
Bearsden, Scotland
Died3 August 1949(1949-08-03) (aged 74)
Kirkcudbright, Scotland
NationalityScottish
EducationGlasgow School of Art
Known forIllustration, Design
MovementArt Nouveau, Glasgow Style, Symbolism
SpouseE. A. Taylor

Jessie Marion King (20 March 1875 – 3 August 1949) was a Scottish illustrator known for her illustrated children's books.[1] She also designed bookplates, jewellery and fabric, and painted pottery. King was one of the artists known as the Glasgow Girls.[2] She was described in 1927 in the Aberdeen Press and Journal as "the pioneer of batik in Great Britain".[3]

  1. ^ Taylor, John Russell (1 December 2004). "Real Page Turners". Times (United Kingdom). Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  2. ^ Burkhauser, Jude (1993). "Jessie M. King (1875–1949)". Glasgow Girls: Women in Art and Design 1880-1920. Edinburgh: Canongate Press, Plc. pp. 132–139. ISBN 0963698508.
  3. ^ "Scots Women Artists". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 24 October 1927. Retrieved 19 January 2023.