Irene Mary Browne

Irene Mary Browne
Born14 September 1881
Fulham, London
Died27 June 1977
Sussex, England
NationalityBritish
Alma mater
Known forSculpture, pottery

Irene Mary F.C. Browne (14 September 1881 – 27 June 1977) was a British artist known for her sculptures and pottery.

Biography

Browne was born in Fulham in London in September 1881.[1][2] She attended the Croydon School of Art and the Westminster Technical Institute before studying model making at Chelsea Polytechnic from 1906 to 1911.[3] 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.[3] 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.[4][3] These she had fired at the Fulham Pottery until she eventually bought her own kiln.[3]

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.[4][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.[3] Browne lived at Richmond in Surrey and later in East Sussex where she died in 1977.[5][1][6] The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Manchester Art Gallery and Aberystwyth University hold examples of her work.[3][7]

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. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007 at Ancestry.co.uk.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b James Mackay (1977). The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze. Antique Collectors' Club.
  5. ^ Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
  6. ^ Probate records at https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk.
  7. ^ "Search the Collection;- Figure, Irene M. Browne". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 22 January 2020.