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

Pauline Aitken
Born30 June 1893
Accrington, England
Died1958 (aged 64–65)
Surrey, England
NationalityBritish
Education
  • Manchester School of Art
  • Chelsea Polytechnic
  • Royal Academy Schools
Known forPainting and sculpture

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]


References


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




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