Florence Callcott née Florence Newman (1866 – 21 January 1938) was a British sculptor of portrait medallions and medals.
Florence Callcott | |
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| Born | Florence Newman 1866 St James, London England |
| Died | 21 January 1938 (aged 71–72) Hendon, London |
| Education | Slade School of Fine Art |
| Known for | Sculpture, medallist |
| Spouse | Frederick Thomas Callcott |
Biography
editCallcott was born in the St James area of central London and studied sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art.[1][2] She first exhibited a work at the Royal Academy in 1890 and then regularly at leading commercial galleries until 1930.[3] Callcott worked in bronze, wax and plaster on a wide variety of subjects.[4] She specialised in creating portrait medallions and showed examples at the Paris Salon in both 1897 and 1904 and at the Royal Academy in 1906 and 1907.[1][3] In total she showed 21 works at the Royal Academy between 1890 and 1925 and also exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and with the Society of Women Artists.[4] She married the sculptor Frederick Thomas Callcott in 1912 and they sometimes worked on commissions together.[2][1] Callcott also painted miniatures, one of which is in the British Royal Collection, and she was elected an Associate member of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters.[5][4]
References
edit- ^ a b c University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII (2011). "Florence Newman". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "Portrait of a Girl". Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 13 January 2020.