Winifred Turner Explained

Birth Date:13 March 1903
Birth Place:London, England
Death Date:1983
Death Place:England
Nationality:British
Field: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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Alicia Foster. 2004. Tate Women Artists. Tate Publishing. 1-85437-311-0.
  2. Book: Frances Spalding. Frances Spalding. Antique Collectors' Club. 1990. 20th Century Painters and Sculptors . 1-85149-106-6.
  3. Web site: Walton & Bovill.
  4. Web site: Crouching Youth. Victoria and Albert Museum. 27 December 2023.
  5. Web site: Turner, Winifred. National Museums Wales. 28 December 2023.
  6. Web site: Eve - YCBA Collections Search . 2024-03-07 . collections.britishart.yale.edu.