Kate Hayllar

Beatrice Kate Hayllar (1 September 1864, in London – 1959) was a British painter and nurse, best remembered for her detailed floral and still life paintings.

Hayllar was born in Mecklenburgh Square, but spent most of her childhood at the family house, Castle Priory, in Wallingford on the River Thames in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), where she and her sisters received training in art from their father.

[6][7] Queen Alexandra also bought a drawing, Tommy's Orange, which Hayllar had exhibited with the Royal Society of British Artists in 1883.

Unlike her older sisters Jessica, Edith, and Mary, who mostly painted interior scenes of Castle Priory, Hayllar focused on still lifes, often incorporating floral elements and exotic souvenirs from foreign lands.

Her surviving works include Still life with a Canton famille rose teapot and camellias and A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever.