Irene Mary F.C. Browne (September 1881 –1977) was a British artist known for her sculptures and pottery.
Irene Mary Browne | |
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| Born | September 1881 Fulham, London |
| Died | 1977 (aged 95–96) Sussex, England |
| Nationality | British |
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| Known for | Sculpture, pottery |
Browne was born in Fulham in London in September 1881.[1] She attended the Croydon School of Art and the Westminster Technical Institute before studying model making at Chelsea Polytechnic from 1906 to 1911.[2] During her time at Chelsea, Browne won several prizes for her drawing and figure work and had, in 1908, her first work exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.[2] Browne produced figures, medallions and statuettes in bronze and plaster and, after taking a pottery course at the Putney School of Art in 1919, began producing earthenware figures.[3][2] These she had fired at the Fulham Pottery until she eventually bought her own kiln.[2]
Browne continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy and elsewhere, notably in Manchester and Glasgow with the Royal Hibernian Academy and the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.[3][1] She was elected a member of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers in 1929 and a member of the Society of Women Artists in 1930.[2] Browne lived at Richmond in Surrey and later in East Sussex where she died in 1977.[4][1] The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Manchester Art Gallery and Aberystwyth University hold examples of her work.[2][5]