Irene Mary Browne

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Irene Mary Browne
BornSeptember 1881
Fulham, London
Died1977 (aged 95–96)
Sussex, England
NationalityBritish
Alma mater
  • Croydon School of Art
  • Westminster Technical Institute
  • Chelsea Polytechnic
  • Putney School of Art
Known forSculpture, pottery

Irene Mary F.C. Browne (September 1881 –1977) was a British artist known for her sculptures and pottery.

Biography[]

Browne was born in Fulham in London in September 1881.[1] She attended the Croydon School of Art and the Westminster Technical Institute before studying model making at Chelsea Polytechnic from 1906 to 1911.[2] During her time at Chelsea, Browne won several prizes for her drawing and figure work and had, in 1908, her first work exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.[2] Browne produced figures, medallions and statuettes in bronze and plaster and, after taking a pottery course at the Putney School of Art in 1919, began producing earthenware figures.[3][2] These she had fired at the Fulham Pottery until she eventually bought her own kiln.[2]

Browne continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy and elsewhere, notably in Manchester and Glasgow with the Royal Hibernian Academy and the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.[3][1] She was elected a member of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers in 1929 and a member of the Society of Women Artists in 1930.[2] Browne lived at Richmond in Surrey and later in East Sussex where she died in 1977.[4][1] The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Manchester Art Gallery and Aberystwyth University hold examples of her work.[2][5]

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII (2011). "Miss Irene Mary Browne". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b James Mackay (1977). The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze. Antique Collectors' Club.
  4. ^ Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
  5. ^ "Search the Collection;- Figure, Irene M. Browne". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
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