Joyce Bidder
Muriel Joyce Bidder (5 January 1906 – 26 February 1999) was an English sculptor. Over a long career, she created works in a variety of materials.
Biography
Bidder was born at
In 1933, she met
Daisy Borne, whom she taught to carve.[1] The two set up a studio together at Wimbledon and became life-long companions.[1] Bidder worked in a variety of materials, including bronze, green slate, marble, terracotta, stone and wood to produce statuettes, group figures and reliefs.[3] She often worked in woods such as walnut, Spanish chestnut, oak and mahogany.[3] Her subjects included sporting events, such as the sculpture group Tackled, and depictions of labourers at work.[4]
Bidder regularly exhibited at the
Examples of her work appeared in the 1986 exhibition Sculpture in Britain Between the Wars, organised by the Fine Art Society, which hosted a joint exhibition of work by her and Borne in 1987.[1][4]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
- ISBN 2-7000-3070-2.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-911121-63-3.
- ^ a b Peyton Skipwith (17 March 1999). "Obituary: Joyce Bidder". The Independent. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII (2011). "Muriel Joyce Bidder". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
External links
1 artwork by or after Joyce Bidder at the Art UK site