Winifred Turner
Born13 March 1903
London, England
Died1983
England
NationalityBritish
Education
Known forSculpture

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]

References

  1. ↑ Alicia Foster (2004). Tate Women Artists. Tate Publishing. ISBN 1-85437-311-0.
  2. 1 2 Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
  3. ↑ "Walton & Bovill".
  4. 1 2 "Crouching Youth". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Turner, Winifred". National Museums Wales. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
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