Cecilia Webb
Cecilia Webb | |
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| Born | 25 March 1888 |
| Died | 1957 (aged 68–69) Melton Mowbray, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Sculpture |
Cecilia Webb (25 March 1888–1957) was a British sculptor.
Biography[]
Webb was the daughter of the architect Morpeth Webb and was born at Stamford in Lincolnshire.[1] Throughout her career, Webb made sculptures in bronze, clay and plaster and, during the inter-war decades, was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy in London, with the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh, at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and at the Paris Salon.[1][2] A 1949 ceramic model of the Holy Family by Webb is in Southwell Minster in Nottinghamshire.[1] For the later half of her life, Webb lived at Melton Mowbray, where she died in 1957.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ a b c David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 2, M to Z. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
- ^ a b James Mackay (1977). The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 0902028553.
- ^ University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII (2011). "Miss Cecilia Webb". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
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Categories:
- 1888 births
- 1957 deaths
- 20th-century British women artists
- 20th-century British sculptors
- English women sculptors
- People from Stamford, Lincolnshire