| Christabel Denniston | |
| Birth Date: | 1884 |
| Birth Place: | Watford |
| Nationality: | British |
| Education: | Herkomer's Art School |
| Field: | Painting, drawing |
Christabel Dennison (1884-1924) was a British artist, known for her paintings and sculptures.
Dennison was born in Watford and studied at Hubert von Herkomer's art school at Bushey in Hertfordshire.[1] [2] In 1905 she visited Paris and shortly later began exhibiting works in London, and, from 1910, with the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers.[2] [3] She was active in the newly established Allied Artists Association and in 1910 she served on the Association's hanging committee alongside Jacob Epstein and Charles Ginner.[2] A sculpture, Wind, was exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery in 1915 and was well reviewed.[4]
During World War I, Dennison served as a nurse but after the war struggled financially, although she continued to paint and sometimes model for other artists.[2] In 1925 a bout of measles followed by pneumonia led to her premature death.[2] A memorial exhibition of her work, with a catalogue written by Ginner, was held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London during 1928.[5]