Lillian Griffith
Lillian E A Griffith | |
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| Born | 14 July 1877 Abersychan, Monmouthshire, Wales |
| Died | 1972 (aged 94–95) Monmouthshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | |
| Known for | Sculpture |
Lilian Elizabeth A Griffith (14 July 1877 – 1972) was a British artist who painted miniatures and created sculptures and portrait busts, plaques and medallions.
Biography
[edit]Griffith was born at Abersychan in Monmouthshire, and studied at the Wimbledon College of Art, the Slade School of Fine Art and the Westminster School of Art where she studied sculpture under the artists Alfred Gilbert and Alfred Drury.[1] She produced sculptures and portrait busts, often in marble or bronze, plaques and medallions and painted miniatures.[2][3][4] From 1902 to 1959 Griffith regularly had works shown at the Royal Academy in London.[5] She also exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais in Paris in 1911 and at a number of British galleries, including the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.[1] She also exhibited with the South Wales Art Society between 1927 and 1936.[3][6] Griffith also taught miniature painting at the Swansea Art School and for Glamorgan County Council.[1] For a long period she lived at Hengoed in Glamorgan but also at Maesteg and Pentre.[2][3] The National Museum Cardiff holds examples of her work.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
- ^ a b James Mackay (1977). The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze. Antique Collectors' Club.
- ^ a b c Sara Gray (2019). British Women Artists. A Biographical Dictionary of 1000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts. Dark River. ISBN 978-1-911121-63-3.
- ^ Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
- ^ Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 6 Gemignani - Herring. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2-7000-3076-1.
- ^ University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII (2011). "Miss Lilian E. Griffith". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- 1877 births
- 1972 deaths
- 20th-century British sculptors
- 20th-century Welsh painters
- 20th-century Welsh women artists
- Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art
- Alumni of the Westminster School of Art
- Alumni of Wimbledon College of Arts
- People from Monmouthshire
- Welsh women sculptors
- 20th-century Welsh sculptors
- 20th-century British women sculptors