Dorothy Venning
Dorothy Mary Venning (15 January 1885 – 1942) was a British artist and sculptor.
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Dorothy Venning
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- Dorothy Venning was born on 1 January 1885.
- Died
- Dorothy Venning died on 1 January 1942.
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- sculptor
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Dorothy Mary Venning (15 January 1885 – 1942) was a British artist and sculptor.
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Venning was born at Camberwell in London where her father was a school master. She was educated at the Mary Datchelor School on Camberwell Grove before attending the Bishop Otter College in Chichester. Venning produced bronze sculptures and also painted portraits and miniatures. Between 1916 and 1936 she exhibited both sculptures and miniatures at the Royal Academy in London.
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- 1.Sara Gray. British Women Artists. A Biographical Dictionary of 1000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts. Dark River. 2019. 978-1-911121-63-3.
- 2.James Mackay. The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze. Antique Collectors' Club. 1977. 0902028553.
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