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Helen Henderson (15 April 1859 - 28 August 1945) was a Scottish painter.

Life
Her father was James Henderson (29 March 1833 - 13 July 1893), a newspaper editor from Paisley.

Her mother was Jemima Smeal (11 September 1832 - 19 November 1908) from Glasgow. James and Jemima married on 12 June 1856 in Glasgow.

Helen Urie Henderson was born on 15 April 1859 in the High Church parish of Paisley.

For a while James Henderson became a pub inspector and the family moved to south, first to Blackburn in Lancashire, England and then to Kensington, London around 1871.

The family returned north to Glasgow. They stayed in Glenval villa in the south side of the city.

Helen Henderson was to marry a shipowner Thomas Law (1846 - 13 November 1881). They married on 30 March 1881 in Blackfriars parish, Glasgow.

Unfortunately Thomas died months later. Helen soon had her first child Lilian May Law (24 January 1882 - 1928).

Glenval villa break in.

Her second marriage was to the artist Edward Arthur Walton.

Art
She became an artist's model. James McNeill Whistler called her 'butterfly'.

She exhibited the work Sylvia at the RGI in 1889.

Helen began exhibiting paintings using her Glenval address as Helen Law. This brought into the art world and she met Edward Arthur Walton.

Death
She died on 28 August 1945 in Edinburgh. She was buried alongside her husband Edward Arthur Walton in Dean cemetery, Edinburgh.