Felicity Askew

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Felicity Katherine Sarah Askew (born 19 December 1894) [1] [2] was a British artist, notable for her paintings and sculptures of horses. [3]

Biography

Askew was born at Chelsea in London to John Bertram Askew and Frederica Louisa née Dallas. [4] Her grandfather was Lt.-Col. George Dallas. She studied under William Frank Calderon, Max Kruse and Ernesto Bazzaro. [5] Askew established herself as a painter and sculptor in bronze. Her sculptures were of equestrian and sporting subjects. She exhibited works in London, at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and in Paris, including at the Salon des Artistes Francais in 1926. [5] [3] [6] She also exhibited works in Germany, Italy and the United States. [6] [7] Her best known work is Companions of Labour, a bronze group of horses dating from 1926. [5] For many years Askew lived in Newmarket in Suffolk and later, in the 1920s, at Berwick upon Tweed. [7] From Berwick, she exhibited at a number of galleries in the north-east of England and Scotland. [4]

It appears as if she gave up on her artistic career to take up acting in the 1950s. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Dolman, Bernard (1927). Who's Who in Art. Art Trade Press. p. 8. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  2. ↑ London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1923
  3. 1 2 Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 1 A-Bedeschini. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN   2-7000-3070-2.
  4. 1 2 3 "Askew, Felicity Katherine Sarah". Suffolk Artists. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 James Mackay (1977). The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN   0902028553.
  6. 1 2 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.
  7. 1 2 Mary Ann Wingfield (1992). A Dictionary of Sporting Artists 1650-1990. Antique Collectors' Club.
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