Artworks by Jessie Marion King 1875-1949
Jessie Marion King (20 March 1875 – 3 August 1949) was one of the artists known as the Glasgow Girls.
Jessie M King was a Scottish illustrator known for her illustrated children's books. She also designed bookplates, jewellery and fabric, and painted pottery. King was married to the Scottish artist Ernest Archibald Taylor.
In 1910 the couple moved on to Paris where Taylor had gained a professorship at Ernest Percyval Tudor-Hart's Studios. In 1911 King and Taylor opened the Sheiling Atelier School in Paris. King's works in Paris are considered influential in the creation of the Art Deco movement. King and Taylor moved to Kirkcudbright in 1915 and continued to work there until her death.
