Winifred Turner
Winifred Turner | |
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| Born | 13 March 1903 London, England |
| Died | 1983 England |
| Nationality | British |
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| Known for | Sculpture |
Winifred Turner (1903-1983) was an English sculptor.[1]
Biography
[edit]Turner was born in London, the daughter of the sculptor Alfred Turner.[2] She studied at the Central School of Art and Design in London between 1921 and 1924, and then at Royal Academy Schools until 1929. She was elected a Fellow and Associate of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1930 and exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1924 and 1962.[3] Turner taught at the Central School of Art in the 1930s and early 1940s.[2] In 1988, the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford held a joint exhibition of works by Turner and her father, Alfred.[4] Her 1934 bronze sculpture, Crouching Youth is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.[4] The National Museum Cardiff also holds two works by Turner.[5] The Yale Center for British Art holds Turner's sculpture Eve (1932).[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Alicia Foster (2004). Tate Women Artists. Tate Publishing. ISBN 1-85437-311-0.
- ^ a b Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
- ^ "Walton & Bovill".
- ^ a b "Crouching Youth". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Turner, Winifred". National Museums Wales. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Eve - YCBA Collections Search". collections.britishart.yale.edu. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
External links
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14 artworks by or after Winifred Turner at the Art UK site
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