Denise Dutton

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Denise Dutton
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EducationAnglia Ruskin University
Occupationsculptor
Known forstatues of horses and women
Website Denise Dutton Sculpture

Denise Dutton is a British sculptor. Her public works include statues of the palaeontologist Mary Anning and the writer Sylvia Townsend Warner in Dorset

Life

Dutton took an art foundation course at Cambridge College of Art and Technology before studying further at the Sir Henry Doulton School of Sculpture (both of these have since changed their names). She had an early passion for horses and she has used them frequently as a subject. [1] In 2005 she collaborated with other sculptors to create The Fine Lady sculpture for Banbury where she focused on created the horse. [2]

Denise Dutton and Anya Pearson begin to unveil the statue of Sylvia Townsend Warner in 2025 Denise Dutton unveils the Sylvia Townsend Warner Statue, Dorchester.jpg
Denise Dutton and Anya Pearson begin to unveil the statue of Sylvia Townsend Warner in 2025

Her works include statues of the palaeontologist Mary Anning [3] and the writer Sylvia Townsend Warner which are both in Dorset. Both of these were organised with the help of Visible Women UK. [4] Dutton has worked on other leading British women including Annie Kenney [3] who was the only working glass woman in the leadership of the suffragettes.

She has a studio in Stoke-on-Trent which is where she created her sculpture of two Land Girls. This eight foot high sculpture is installed at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. [5] The also created the Lumber Jill statue for the same site. [3]

She has also worked on leading males figures including Maharajah Duleep Singh who was a political prisoner in Victorian times, William Cavendish and the writer and weaver Ben Brierley. [6]

References

  1. "Denise Dutton | Calken Gallery". www.calkengallery.com. 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  2. "Equestrian statue of Fine Lady in Banbury UK". Equestrian statues. 2016-05-18. Archived from the original on 2021-09-14. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  3. 1 2 3 "The Artist: Denise Dutton". Mary Anning Rocks. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  4. "Sylvia Townsend Warner statue unveiled in Dorchester". BBC News. 2025-12-15. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  5. "Memorial Arboretum Land Girls monument unveiled after three-year fundraising campaign". BBC News. 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  6. "Dutton, Denise | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 2025-12-15.