Anthea Alley
Anthea Priscilla Frederica Alley (nee Oswell, 5 January 1927 – 9 October 1993) was a British sculptor and artist. She was born Anthea Priscilla Frederica Oswell in Seremban, Malaya on 5 January 1927.[1] She lived in Australia and South Africa during the Second World War.[2] In 1944 she moved to London with her family and studied painting at the Regent Street Polytechnic,[3] Chelsea College of Art and the Royal College of Art.[4] From 1957 she concentrated on sculpture art, producing welded pieces alongside assemblage paintings.[2] In 1960, Alley held her first one-person show at the Molton Gallery and in 1961 she received a John Moores Painting Prize.[4][2] She was married to Ronald Alley, Keeper of the Modern Collection at the Tate Gallery, London.[4] She died in London on 9 October 1993.[1] Examples of her work is in the permanent collection of the Tate Gallery, the Arts Council and Birmingham Art Gallery.[3][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Blow, Sandra (8 November 1993). "Obituary: Anthea Alley". The Independent.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Foster, Alicia (2004). Tate women artists. London: Tate. p. 66. ISBN 9781854373113.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 arnolfini.org.uk: Anthea Alley — Arnolfini Archived 19 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine, accessdate: 23/08/2014
External links
Artworks by or after Anthea Alley at the Art UK site
