Alice Bertha Moreton, née Tippin, (23 March 1901 – 6 January 1977) was an English sculptor, draughtsman and artist from Liverpool.
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 Alice Bertha Moreton | |
| Born | Alice Bertha Tippin 23 March 1901 |
| Died | 6 January 1977 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | English |
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| Known for | Painting, sculpture |
| Spouse | John Moreton |
Biography
editMoreton was born in the Walton district of Liverpool where her father, David Tippin, was a builder and contractor.[1] Her hobbies included riding, swimming and dancing.[1] Moreton was originally self-taught, experimenting with art and sculpture in the years following her departure from Bootle Secondary School.[1] She then spent a few years at the Bootle School of Art, before training at the Liverpool School of Art.[1] Following this, she studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1924 to 1928, where she exhibited many times.[1] In her time there, she was taught by Sir William Reid Dick, George Frampton and Ernest Jackson, winning three silver and three bronze medals.[2]
Moreton was most active as a sculptor and artist between 1924 and 1936, working from London and mainland Europe (France and Italy), as well as from her home town Liverpool.[2] Her sculptures are in terracotta; her art is mainly pen and ink drawing, and watercolour.[2] Before her marriage she signed her work A B. Tippin.[1] After she married John Moreton in Walton, she signed her work A. Bertha Moreton.[2][1] Moreton exhibited at the Paris Salon, Southport Arts Centre, Manchester Art Gallery, Walker Art Gallery, Merseyside Art Circle, Liverpool John Moores' Exhibition and at the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum.[2] She was a member of the Liverpool Academy, Reynolds Club and Deeside Art Group.[2] Her work has been displayed across Merseyside, in Cheshire Life magazine and in local papers, including the Liverpool Echo and the Liverpool Daily Post.[2] Over her life, Moreton suffered a progressive loss of hearing. She was operated on, but this operation had detrimental effects. Her gravestone is in Willaston.
Her great grandson is professional rugby player Charlie Matthews.
| Year | Honour/exhibit |
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| 1922 | Won two scholarships and two studentships at the Liverpool School of Art.[1] |
| 1924-1928 | Studied at the Royal Academy of Arts. In her time at the Royal Academy she won 3 travelling scholarships (to Rome, Venice and Paris), being awarded 3 silver medals and 3 bronze medals in the process.[1] |
| 1925-36 | Exhibited three times with three different portrait heads at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768.[3] |
| 1925 | Won a 2-year Landseer Scholarship (Royal Academy of Arts), 1884-1950.[3] |
| 1925 | Awarded a £5 first prize and a silver medal for two models of 'a bust from the life'.[4] |
| 1926 | Awarded a second prize of £20 and a bronze medal for a model of a design of a subject combined with architecture, and a £10 prize and silver medal for a model for a medal or coin.[5] |
| 1927 | Awarded a Landseer first prize of £30 and silver medal for a model of a design.[6] |
| 1927 | Awarded another Landseer first prize of £30 and silver medal for a set of three models of a figure from the life.[6] |
| 1927 | Awarded yet another two year Landseer Scholarship for sculpture, in 1927.[7] |
| 1957 | Became a member of the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art.[7] |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i Who's Who in Art, second edition. London: The Art Trade Press LTD. 1929. p. 321.
- ^ a b c d e f g Who's Who in Art, fourteenth edition. The Art Trade Press. 1967. p. 380.
- ^ a b "Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, 1851-1951".
- ^ "Royal Academy, 'Annual Report'". 1924: 32.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Annual Report". 1926: 35.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b "Landseer Scholarships (Royal Academy of Arts), 1884-1950".
- ^ a b "Royal Academy, 'Annual Report". 1927: 37–28.
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Sources
edit- Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1924, 1925 Royal Academy Annual Reports; 20 February 1925; p. 32.
- Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1926, 1927 Royal Academy Annual Reports; 1927; p. 35.
- Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1927, 1928 Royal Academy Annual Reports; 1928; p. 38.
- Royal Academy Exhibitors 1905-70: A Dictionary of Artists and their Work in the Summer Exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts, Vol. VI SHERR-ZUL; 1982; p. 146
- 'Alice Bertha Tippin', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1263482925]