Anne Acheson
Anne Acheson FRBC | |
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Born | |
Died | 13 March 1962 | (aged 79)
Nationality | British Irish |
Education | Belfast School of Art, Royal College of Art |
Known for | Medical plaster and Sculpture |
Anne Crawford Acheson
Career
Acheson was born at Portadown in County Armagh to John Acheson, a manufacturer, and his wife, Harriet Glasgow.[6] The Achesons lived at 51 Carrickblacker Rd, Portadown, Co Armagh.[7] Anne Acheson was educated at Victoria College, Belfast, the Belfast School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London where she studied sculpture under Édouard Lantéri.[8]
Acheson first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1913, when her sculpture The Pixie was accepted. Over the next four decades, 30 of her sculptures were featured in 22 exhibitions at the Academy.[5] Acheson's work included statuettes, portrait heads, and garden figurines.[6] While her early works were sculpted from wood, her later sculptures were largely done in metal, stone or concrete. [6]
Wartime services
During the First World War she volunteered with the
She was the first woman, in 1938, to be elected a fellow of the
Acheson retrained as a precision engineer and
After the war Acheson continued as an artist practicing in Northern Ireland.[11]
Commemoration
A blue plaque commemorating her achievements was unveiled at First Presbyterian Church, Bridge Street, Portadown on 27 September 2018 by her great nephew, Rev John Glasgow Faris.[10][12]
An exhibition, Anne Acheson: A Sculptor in War and Peace, was held at Millennium Court Arts Centre in Portadown during April and May in 2019.[13]
Works
Dates for works refer to when they were first exhibited.
- The Pixie (1910)
- The Leprechaun (1914)
- Echo Mocking (1914)
- Sally (circa 1923)
- The Imp (1924)
- Trio (1924 presumed)
- Lead Mask for Garden Decoration (1924 presumed)
- The Gossamer Thread (1924 presumed)
- Tangle (Pewter Statuette) (1926)
- Mischief (1927)
- Flora M'Flimsy (1927)
- Gertrude Bell (bust for Gertrude Bell Memorial) (circa 1926–1929)
- Harriet Emily (Lead Garden Figure) (1930)
- Harriet Glasgow Acheson, Bronze Medallion (1934)
- Barbara (Glazed Pottery) (1936)
- Saint Brigit(Glazed Pottery) (1936)
- Mother and Child (Glazed Pottery) (1936)
- Harriet Emily (1938)
- Fountain figure (circa 1944)
- The Sacred Bull (1948)
- Virginia (1949)
- Squirrel (1950, presumed)
- River Nymph (Walnut Wood) (1950)[2]
Further reading
- The First Lady of Mulberry Walk: The Life and Times of Irish Sculptress Anne Acheson David Llewellyn, Troubador Publishing Ltd, 2010 ISBN 1848764057
References
- Aberdeen Journal. British Newspaper Archive. 24 June 1938. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Anne Crawford Acheson CBE, ARBSA". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
- ^ "Anne Acheson profile". Ashtead Pottery. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
- ^ a b Devlin, Patrick. "'Anne Crawford Acheson (1882–1962): Sculptor' in The Dictionary of Ulster Biography". www.newulsterbiography.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-911121-63-3.
- ^ Her parents are on 1901 census at that address.
- ^ "Miss Anne Acheson" Times [London, England] 16 March 1962: 15. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 21 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Surgical Requisites Association". Bath War Hospital. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ a b McTear, Ian (4 November 2018). "The sculptor who mended shattered bones". Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Anne Acheson remembered with Blue Plaque unveilled at church". Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ Holland, Mairead (8 April 2019). "The Armagh sculptor whose treatment for broken bones is still used 100 years on".