Louisa Starr Canziani (1845 - 1909)

RA Collection: People and Organisations

London-born British painter. She became a student at the Royal Academy Schools where she won a gold medal for history painting in 1867 - the the first woman to do so. She exhibited in the annual Royal Academy exhibitons from 1863 until 1902. She married Enrico Canziani and thereafter signed her works with her married name. Her daughter Estella Canziani also became an artist.