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Eva Benson

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Eva Ellenor Benson
Working on her bust of Sir Winthrop Hackett
Born23 March 1875
Gawler, South Australia
Died16 March 1949(1949-03-16) (aged 73)
Mosman, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Alma mater
Known forSculpture

Eva Ellenor Benson (23 March 1875 – 16 March 1949) was an Australian sculptor who produced portrait studies, figure works and medallions. Benson spent part of her career working in Britain.

Biography

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Benson was born and brought up in Gawler in South Australia and, after training and teaching in Perth, moved to England sometime around 1911.[1] There she studied at the Regent Street Polytechnic in central London, where she won a number of awards.[2] After a further period of study at the City and Guilds of London Art School, Benson worked from a studio at St John's Wood in west London.[2] She produced portrait and figure sculptures, statuettes and medallions, in bronze, plaster and marble.[3][2] While in London, Benson exhibited works at the Royal Academy and with the Society of Women Artists.[4][2] In 1917 and 1918, she also exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol.[4] Benson returned to Australia in 1920 where she held a teaching post in Sydney and undertook some large architectural commissions.[1] She died in the Mosman suburb of Sydney in 1949.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Miss Eva Ellenor Benson". Design & Art Australia Online. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Sara Gray (2019). British Women Artists. A Biographical Dictionary of 1000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts. Dark River. ISBN 978-1-911121-63-3.
  3. ^ James Mackay (1977). The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 0902028553.
  4. ^ a b University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII (2011). "Miss Eva E.Benson". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951. Retrieved 18 April 2020.