Norah Ansell
Norah Marjorie Ansell (6 July 1906 –1990) was a British sculptor who worked mostly in wood, ivory and bronze.
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Norah Ansell
- Name
- Norah Marjorie Ansell
- Born
- 6 July 1906
- Birthplace
- Wiltshire, England
- Died
- 1990
- Place of death
- Birmingham, England
- Education
- Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts
- Known for
- Sculpture
- Occupation
- sculptor
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Norah Marjorie Ansell (6 July 1906 –1990) was a British sculptor who worked mostly in wood, ivory and bronze.
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Norah Ansell (1906–1990) was a sculptor. Born in Wiltshire, the sculptor died in Birmingham. Norah Ansell studied at Birmingham School of Art.
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• Name — Norah Marjorie Ansell • Born — 6 July 1906 • Birthplace — Wiltshire, England • Died — 1990 • Place of death — Birmingham, England • Education — Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts • Known for — Sculpture
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Ansell was born in Wiltshire and took evening classes at the Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts and remained in that city for most of her career, living in the Edgbaston area. She produced statuettes and portrait busts in a variety of materials including bronze, wood and ivory. Ansell exhibited with the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and the Royal Academy in London during 1945 and then subsequently with the Royal Academy. From 1950 to 1955 she was a regular exhibitor with the Society of Women Artists. Ansell was awarded a prize at the International Ivory Sculpture Competition and Exhibition held in New York at the Carlebach Gallery in 1953.
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1906
Norah Ansell was born in 1906 at Wiltshire.
1990
Norah Ansell died in 1990 at Birmingham.
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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.David Buckman. Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. 2006. 0-953260-95-X.
- 3.James Mackay. The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze. Antique Collectors' Club. 1977.
- 4.Grant M. Waters. Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950. Eastbourne Fine Art. 1975.
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