Edith Bateson

Edith Bateson (1867–1938) was a British painter and sculptor.

Biography

Bateson was born in Cambridge and studied painting and sculpture at the Royal Academy Schools in London, where she won a number of prizes.^[1]^[2] Living in Bushey in Hertfordshire, then for a time at Robin Hood's Bay in Yorkshire, Bateson created statuettes and small groups of figures in bronze.^[3]^[4] From 1891 to 1935 she was a regular exhibitor in group exhibitions in London and Paris.^[5] In London she mainly showed works at the Royal Academy, with the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers and the Royal Society of British Artists while in Paris she exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais.^[3]^[1]^[2]

^ ^a ^b University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII (2011). "Edith Bateson". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
^ ^a ^b James Mackay (1977). The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 0902028553.
^ Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950 Volume II. Eastbourne Fine Art. ISBN 0902010069.
^ Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 1 A-Bedeschini. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2-7000-3070-2.