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Louisa Starr (1845–1909) was a British painter.
Biography
Starr was born in London and lived on Russell Square when she became a copyist at the British Museum. She became a student at the Royal Academy and showed her first work there in 1866 and by 1876 she had already showed 17 paintings there. She won a gold medal at the Royal Academy for history painting in 1867. She was the first woman to do so and was followed by Jessie Macgregor's gold medal in 1871, but the next woman to do so was not until 1909. She married Enrico Canziani and thereafter signed her works with her married name. Her daughter Estella Canziani also became an artist.
She exhibited paintings at Chicago World Exposition in 1893.
Her painting Sintram and his mother was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.
Starr died in London.