Mitzi Cunliffe
Mitzi
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 Mitzi Cunliffe with designs and a version of the BAFTA mask (credit: Estate of the artist). | |
| Born | Mitzi Solomon January 1, 1918 New York City, US |
| Died | December 30, 2006 (aged 88) Oxford, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Sculpture |
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Mitzi Solomon Cunliffe (January 1, 1918 – December 30, 2006) was an American
Early life
Cunliffe was born Mitzi Solomon in New York City.[2][3] She attended the Art Students League of New York from 1930 to 1933[2] and read Fine Arts and Fine Arts Education at Columbia University from 1935 to 1940, receiving a BSc in 1939 and an MA in 1940.[2]
Upon graduation, she moved to
Cunliffe, then Solomon, was one of the sculptors who exhibited at the
Works
As early as 1944, Mitzi had created the first of two marble sculptures — a 32-inch-high (810 mm) winged female figure in red Spanish marble entitled "harp-form" — under commission from
Her first large scale commission was two pieces for the
She created a large pierced screen for the restaurant at Lewis's department store in Liverpool in 1957. She bought the piece when the Restaurant closed in 1986, and moved it to her home at Seillans in the south of France.[2][3] She designed textiles for David Whitehead and Tootal Broadhurst, and ceramics for Pilkington.[2][3]
In the 1950-60s Mitzi Cunliffe developed in
Cunliffe developed a technique for mass-producing abstract designs in relief in concrete, as architectural decoration, which she described as "sculpture by the yard".[3] She used the technique to decorate buildings throughout the UK, but particularly in and around Manchester. One example is a relief panel set high up on the external wall on the 1967–68 modern extension of Altrincham General Hospital on Market Street. Her last major architectural commission was the creation of four carved stone panels for Scottish Life House on Cheapside in the City of London in 1970.[2]
Later life and death
Cunliffe suffered from arthritis and eye problems in later life. She gave up sculpture to teach at
She later developed
She died at her nursing home in Oxfordshire, two days before her 89th birthday.[3] She was survived by her three children.
References
- ^ a b "Mitzi Cunliffe and the BAFTA Mask". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original (26 May 2009) on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Byrne, Tony (11 February 2007). "Obituary: Mitzi Cunliffe". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Obituaries: Mitzi Cunliffe, Sculptor and designer". The Independent. 18 January 2007. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ a b c Rhead, E. (2004). "Time to look after our public art" (PDF). Manchester Forum magazine. Manchester Civic Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
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"Excalibur is set for maiden voyage". New York Times. 24 September 1948. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
- ^ Wedell, E. G. (19 December 2008). "friend and landlord of Mitzi Cunliffe". Letter to the editor. Manchester, UK.
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