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Sally Arnup (15 July 1930 – 22 December 2015)[1] was an English sculptor known for her depictions of animals.[5] Her studios were located at Holtby, a village near York.[6]

Sally Arnup FRBS ARCA
Born	Sally Robina Baynton Williams[1] (1930-07-15)15 July 1930 London, England[2]
Died	22 December 2015(2015-12-22) (aged 85) York, England
Resting place	Holy Trinity Church, Holtby, Yorkshire[1]
Nationality	British
Education	Kingston School of Art Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts Royal College of Art
Known for	Sculpture
Spouse(s)	Mick Arnup (m. 1953–2008; his death)[3][4]

Biography

Arnup was born in London and began studying at the Kingston School of Art at the age of thirteen.[7] She later studied at Camberwell College of Arts and the Royal College of Art where she was taught by both Frank Dobson and John Skeaping.[8][9] In 1955 she won the Royal Society of British Sculptors' Feodora Gleichen Award for women artists.[10] From 1958 to 1972 Arnup was the Head of Sculpture at York College of Art.[7] Her husband Mick Arnup also taught art at the college.[9] Both Sally Arnup and her husband retired from teaching in 1974 to focus on their artistic careers.[11]

Artworks

Arnup's speciality as an artist was for bronze animal sculptures, often created with the live animal present.[8] Among Arnup's most notable commissions was a work for the Duke of Edinburgh’s 80th Birthday, depicting his Fell Pony Storm.[5] In 1971 she cast a silver leopard which was presented to HM Queen Elizabeth II by the City of York.[8] A life-sized sculpture of an Irish Wolfhound by Arnup was posthumously donated to the York Art Gallery in 2017.[9] She regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, with the Royal Society of British Artists, with the Royal Scottish Academy and at the Paris Salon.[8] In 1968 the University of York hosted a solo exhibition of her work as did Gainsborough House in Suffolk during 1998.[10] The Arnup Studio where both Sally and Mick Arnup worked, was opened to the public in 2011 as part of York Open Studios.[12]

Death

In 2015 at the age of 85, Arnup suffered a stroke while modelling a horse for a large scale sculpture at stables near Thirsk.[6] She later died in York Hospital from septicaemia.[6]

Works in collections

Title	Year	Medium	Gallery no.	Gallery	Location
Donkey Fowl	1980–1981	bronze on green marble	YORAG : 1501	York Art Gallery	York, England
Male Nude	1970–1987	bronze	YORAG : 1421	York Art Gallery	York, England
Ram's Head	c.1975	bronze	S155	Beecroft Art Gallery	Southend-on-Sea, England
Wall Lizard	1975–1985	bronze	YORAG : 1422	York Art Gallery	York, England

References

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