Winifred Turner
Winifred Turner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 March 1903 London, England |
| Died | 1983 (aged 79–80) England |
| Education | |
| Known for | Sculpture |
Winifred Turner (1903-1983) was an English sculptor.[1]
Biography
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
- ↑ Foster, Alicia (2004). Tate Women Artists. Tate Publishing. p. 165. ISBN 1-85437-311-0. OCLC 51235636. Retrieved 10 May 2026 – via Internet Archive.
- 1 2 Spalding, Frances (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. p. 440. ISBN 1-85149-106-6. OCLC 25914398. Retrieved 10 May 2026 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ "Artists: Winifred Turner". Walton & Bovill. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- 1 2 "Item: Crouching Youth". Victoria and Albert Museum. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ↑ "Turner, Winifred". National Museums Wales. Archived from the original on 20 January 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ↑ "Winifred Turner, 1903–1983 - Eve - 1932". Yale Center for British Art. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
External links
15 artworks by or after Winifred Turner at the Art UK site