Lady Feodora Gleichen

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Lady Feodora Gleichen
Born
Countess Feodora Georgina Maud von Gleichen

(1861-12-20)20 December 1861
London
Died22 February 1922(1922-02-22) (aged 60)
St James's Palace, London
NationalityBritish
EducationSlade School of Art
Known forsculptor
AwardsLégion d'honneur

Lady Feodora Georgina Maud Gleichen (20 December 1861 – 22 February 1922) was a British sculptor of figures and portrait busts and designer of decorative objects.

Background

Born Countess Feodora Georgina Maud von Gleichen, she was the eldest daughter of

morganatic wife, Laura Seymour, a daughter of Admiral Sir George Seymour,[1] a remote nephew of Henry VIII's Queen Jane Seymour. Within her family she was called Feo. Her father having been largely disinherited at the time of his marriage, he initially adopted his wife's morganatic comital title. The family were taken in by the Queen and given grace and favour accommodations at St James's Palace. Her brother, Lord Edward Gleichen, became a career military officer and author. Her sister, Lady Helena Gleichen
, became a portrait painter.

On 15 December 1885, the

Louise, Princess Royal and the Earl of Fife. On 12 June 1913 Feodora and her sisters were granted precedence before the daughters of dukes in the peerage of England by George V.[2]

Education

Gleichen studied art in her father's studio at St James's and later with

Royal Academy
from 1892 and at the New Dudley Gallery.

Career

Florence Nightingale - geograph.org.uk - 716771

After her father's death in 1891, she took over his studio inside of St James's Palace.[3][4]

Gleichen was a multidisciplinary artist, creating large sculptures for public venues as well as smaller objects,

Younghusband Expedition to Tibet
in 1904.

Major works

Diana Fountain, Hyde Park, London

Permanent collections

Her 1921 work Head of a Girl is included in the permanent collection of the

Tate Gallery.[23] A sculptural relief titled Queen Hatasu of Egypt is included in the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[24]

Later life

During

Royal Warrant of Precedence, pursuant to the King's dynastic reform of titles and names during establishment of the House of Windsor
in 1917.

Following an operation for

Royal British Society of Sculptors.[28][29] The Society subsequently created an award in her name.[30]

Ancestry

References and notes

  1. ISBN 978-1-61374-686-8
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  2. ^ "No. 28789". The London Gazette. 2 January 1914. p. 37.
  3. ISBN 978-0-7876-4065-1
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  4. ^ The Sphere: An Illustrated Newspaper for the Home. 1922.
  5. ^ New Gallery (London, England) (1888). The New Gallery. Chatto and Windus. pp. 4–.
  6. ^ Cassell's Family Magazine. Cassell. 1895. pp. 916–.
  7. ^ Elijah Howarth; F. R. Rowley; W. Ruskin Butterfield; Charles Madeley (1931). The Museums Journal. Dulau and Company, Limited.
  8. ^ Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1918). Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker ... Appleton.
  9. ^ Huntia. Hunt Botanical Library, Carnegie Institute of Technology. 1979.
  10. ^ The Academy. J. Murray. 1894. pp. 482–.
  11. ISBN 978-0-14-071025-0
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  12. ^ The Builder. 1891. pp. 445–.
  13. ^ a b c "LADY FEODORA GLEICHEN". 24 February 1922. p. 9 – via Trove.
  14. ^ "Applause: Queen Victoria looks better than ever". 26 October 2015.
  15. ISBN 978-1-135-35534-0
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  16. ISBN 978-0-230-73878-2
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  17. ^ The Builder. 1911.
  18. ^ "Florence Nightingale statue (minus her hand and lamp)". Europeana Collections.
  19. ^ Historic England. "FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE STATUE INCLUDING SURROUNDING STONEWORK, Non Civil Parish (1228598)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  20. ^ "Spot the difference as Florence Nightingale statue gets a clean". 21 July 2017 – via www.derbytelegraph.co.uk.
  21. ^ "Monument to the 37th British Division - Monchy-le-Preux - Remembrance Trails of the Great War in Northern France". www.remembrancetrails-northernfrance.com.
  22. ^ Alexander Hopkins McDannald (1923). The Americana Annual: An Encyclopedia of Current Events. Americana Corporation.
  23. ^ Tate. "Feodora Gleichen 1861-1922 - Tate".
  24. ^ "Queen Hatasu of Egypt, (1906) by Countess Feodora Gleichen :: The Collection :: Art Gallery NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au.
  25. ^ "No. 30551". The London Gazette. 1 March 1918. p. 2632.
  26. ^ "DEATH OF KING'S COUSIN". 24 February 1922. p. 6 – via Trove.
  27. ^ "SCULPTOR DIES". 25 February 1922. p. 5 – via Trove.
  28. ISBN 978-1-85437-311-3
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  29. ^ The Woman's Year Book. Women Publishers. 1923.
  30. ^ Rosamund Lily West (13 June 2019). "Uncovering the life and work of forgotten women sculptors". Museum Crush. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

Sources

External links

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