Margaret Wrightson
Margaret Wrightson Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts | |
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Born | 1877 Norton, County Durham |
Died | 1976 |
Nationality | British |
Margaret Justina Wrightson (1877–1976) was a British artist, renowned for her work in sculpture.[1][2]
Personal life
Margaret Wrightson was born at Norton Hall and her father was the politician Sir Thomas Wrightson.[3] She never married, and had a studio and home in Bedford Gardens, London.[4] Wrightson's younger sister, Jocelyn Wrightson, was a painter, mainly working in watercolours.[3]
Education
She first studied under William Blake Richmond at the Royal College of Art before travelling to Paris to learn from Édouard Lantéri.[3]
Sculpture
From 1901, Wrightson exhibited frequently at the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition.[1] She also exhibited at the Society of Women Artists and the Walker Art Gallery.[5]
Wrightson received many commissions throughout her long career.[5] Theresa, Marchioness of Londonderry, commissioned Wrightson to create a female nude which was completed in 1912 and sold at Christies in 2014 for £68,500.[6] Wrightson created a sculpture of a woman titled ‘Mechanic, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps’ in 1917 that was later exhibited at the Royal Academy; the work had been suggested as a war memorial.[7] In 1925 she created a 'Viking Warrior' for Walter Runciman.[8] Wrightston's memorial of Admiral Earl Jellicoe stands in St Paul's Cathedral, London.[9] Other public works include the figure of Saint George on the Cramlington war memorial in Northumberland, created in 1922, and a figure memorialising Charles Lamb, situated in the Inner Temple gardens, London.[4]
Several of Wrightson's works are in the collection of National Trust's Mount Stewart, including the popular bronze of Lady Mairi as a child.[10] The work was restored in 2012 after originally being commissioned in 1925, and erected in 1928.[11]
Wrightson gained membership to the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1943.[1][5] She was also a member of the Royal Academy.[12]
Works
Title | Year | Medium | Gallery no. | Gallery | Location |
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Albert Sammons | 1951–1952 | - | PPHC000370 | Royal College of Music | London, England |
Albert Sammons | 1951–1952 | - | PPHC000371 | Royal College of Music | London, England |
Lady Edith Helen Chaplin, Marchioness of Londonderry, DBE (1878-1959) as President of the Women's Legion, Motor Drivers | 1920 | cast bronze & silver plated | 1655801 | Mount Stewart | County Down, Northern Ireland |
Lady Helen Maglona Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1911-1986) | 1930 | bronze | 1220135 | Mount Stewart | County Down, Northern Ireland |
Lady Mairi Elizabeth Vane-Tempest-Stewart, later Viscountess Bury (1921-2009) as a Child | 1921–1926 | Carrara marble | 1221036 | Mount Stewart | County Down, Northern Ireland |
Lady Mairi Elizabeth Vane-Tempest-Stewart, later Viscountess Bury (1921-2009) as a Child, aged 4 | 1925–1926 | Carrara marble | 1221050 | Mount Stewart | County Down, Northern Ireland |
Lady Rose Keppel (b.1943), Attired in Highland Dress | 1954 | bronze | 1220134 | Mount Stewart | County Down, Northern Ireland |
Lord John Rushworth Jellicoe of Scapa (1859–1935) | 1910 | bronze | 1983/1075/10 | National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth | England |
Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe (1859–1935) | 1910 | bronze | 1992/337/1 | National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth | England |
The Mairi Fountain: Lady Mairi Elizabeth Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscountess Bury (1921-2009) | 1928 | bronze | 1221060 | Mount Stewart | County Down, Northern Ireland |
Viking Warrior | 1925 | bronze & sandstone | - | Northumberland County Council | England |
References
- ^ a b c "Miss Margaret J. Wrightson - Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951". sculpture.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ^ "WRIGHTSON Margaret Justina 1877-1976 | Artist Biographies". www.artbiogs.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ a b c Gray, Sarah,. British women artists : a biographical dictionary of 1,000 women artists in the British decorative arts. United Kingdom. ISBN 1911121634. OCLC 1085975377.
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: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Portrait Bust of Rear-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, K.C.V.O., C.B., R.N., 1910". www.armoury.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ a b c "Twentieth Century British Art Artist Margaret Wrightson by Margaret Wrightson | www.lissllewellyn.com". www.lissllewellyn.com. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ^ "A GEORGE V BRONZE FEMALE NUDE, ENTITLED 'SPIRIT OF THE GARDEN', ON A BRONZE-MOUNTED SANDSTONE FOUNTAIN PEDESTAL , BY MARGARET WRIGHTSON, DATED 1912". www.christies.com. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ "Liss Fine Art unveil major WWI tribute". www.antiquestradegazette.com. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ "Wrightson, Margaret, Viking Warrior - PMSA - VADS: the online resource for visual arts". vads.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
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at position 43 (help) - ^ "Admiral Earl Jellicoe". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ ntmountstewart (2016-07-28). "Thumbs Up for Mairi". NT Mount Stewart - Volunteer's Garden Diary. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ^ Savage, Claire (2012-05-18). "Mount Stewart Lady Mairi fountain restored". Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ^ "Margaret Wrightson | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
External links
- Artworks by Margaret Wrightson on Art UK
- Artworks by Margaret Wrightson in the National Trust collection
- Information about Cramlington War Memorial, designed by Margaret Wrightson
Category:1877 births Category:1976 deaths Category:British women sculptors Category:English women sculptors Category:20th-century women artists Category:People from County Durham
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