Pauline Aitken Explained

Pauline Aitken
Birth Date:	30 June 1893
Birth Place:	Accrington, England
Death Place:	Surrey, England
Nationality:	British
Known For:	Painting and sculpture

Pauline Aitken (30 June 1893 –1958) was a British artist and sculptor.

Biography

Aitken was born in Accrington in Lancashire where her father was the town clerk and a solicitor for the Corporation of Accrington.^[1] Aitken attended the Manchester School of Art and continued her studies at Chelsea Polytechnic and the Royal Academy Schools in London before establishing a studio in Upper Cheyne Row in Chelsea.^{[1] [2]} From 1925 to 1929 she exhibited a series of bronze statuettes representing women in movement, for example the pieces Dance and Bacchante, at the Salon des Artistes Francais in Paris.^[3] She also exhibited at the Royal Academy in London between 1918 and 1932, at the Royal Scottish Academy and with the Society of Women Artists.^{[1] [4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Sara Gray. Dark River. 2019. British Women Artists. A Biographical Dictionary of 1000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts . 978-1-911121-63-3.
2. Book: James Mackay. Antique Collectors' Club. 1977. The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze .
3. Book: Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 1 A-Bedeschini. 2-7000-3070-2.
4. Book: Grant M. Waters. Eastbourne Fine Art. 1975. Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950.
5. Web site: University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII. Miss Pauline Aitken . 2011. 7 January 2020. Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951.