User:Wiffletree/sandbox
Sally Arnup | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sally Baynton Williams 17/7/1930 |
| Died | 22 December 2015 (aged 85) York |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Kingston College (England), Camberwell College of Art,Royal College of Art |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Spouse |
Mick Arnup (m. 1953) |
| Website | www |
'Sally Arnup' was a English sculptor who developed an international reputation, particularly as a sculptor of animal bronzes.[1]
She was Head of Sculpture at York College of Art 1958 - 72. She exhibited at The Royal Academy, Royal Society of Artists and at the Royal Society of British Artists. She was also made a fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. Her work is held in many public and private collections including York City Art Gallery, and The Royal Collection. In 1971 she was commissioned to make and cast a silver leopard presented to Her Majesty The Queen, by The City of York.
Early life[edit]
Born in London, Sally initially left school at the age of 13 to train at Kingston Art College, where she was taught by H Wilson Parker (designer of the 'Wren' farthing). She then spent a year at Camberwell College of Art where she was taught by Dr Karel Vogel, before studying at the Royal College of Art where her tutors included Frank Dobson and John Skeaping. From her earliest years, Sally Arnup knew her calling was to sculpture, and sat at the feed of Jacob Epstein. From the start, she was fascinated by the animal world and all her bronzes are studies of recognisable individuals, demonstrating an aspect of the animal's behaviour.
Early Career[edit]
(Ref: In conversation with Kerry Fowler for Yorkshire Life magazine, 1992) She was born in 1930 and had the good fortune of having enlightened parents, her father having broken the family tradition of being 'in insurance' to become a passionate collector of antiquarian maps, and encouraged Sally to follow her own chosen path. Arnup first began to experiment with sculpting when she was three years old, modeling an orange in clay at a Montessori school in Surrey.[2][3]. By the time she reached 13, she was a full time student at Kingston College of Art, London and went on to study at the Royal College of Art.[3] Whilst there, she became acquainted with Sir Jacob Epstein and was invited to his house, studio and foundry.
Trained under John Skeaping - add summary
She moved to Yorkshire aged 24, and remained there for the rest of her life.[3]
Late career[edit]
In 1998, Arnup was commissioned to make a replacement of a public sculpture in the form of a bronze eagle sited by the A1, just south of Peterborough. Originally erected in 1914 in memory imprisoned Napoleonic soldiers who died in a camp nearby, it was stolen in 1990. However, her work was hindered through the process of securing funding through public appeal, and the lacks of sufficiently detailed photographs of the original. The complexity of this replacement commission was influential in the subsequent Public Monuments and Sculpture Association decision to undertake a nationwide inventory of sculptures, memorials, fountains and obelisks, a project chaired by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England.[4]
With a well established national and international reputation Sally always worked directly from her subject. She was not concerned just with simple rendering of appearance, but with the very character and nature of the individual creatures. She interpreted her direct study according to the final material, usually modelling for her preferred medium of lost-wax cast bronze, which she handled with understanding. Always making the waxes herself, she gained great control and the best foundry results. (Ref http://108fineart.com/sally-arnup-2/sally-arnup-gallery) Having studied at the Royal College of Art, Sally arrived in York in the 1950s and continued to sculpt at her studios at Holtby until her death in 2015. She set up the first charity shop in York soon after her arrival, for Oxfam, and campaigned for people with learning disabilities after the local authority refused education provision for her daughter Rebecca.
Among her many important commissions are the bronze of the Duke of Edinburgh's Fell Pony, Storm and the magnificent life-size mute swan , commissioned by the Vintner's Company, London (Ref: Dr Jane Crease). She exhibited at the Bowes Museum www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/Exhibitions/2010/British-Sporting-Art
Community work[edit]
Arnup and her husbandk set up a branch of OXFAM in the city of York in the 1960s, then opened the city's first charity shop.[3] Arnup became the spokeswoman for a 'Save Yearsley Action Group' protesting the closure of York's Yearsley Bridge Day Center in 2007.[5] The group submitted a petition objecting to the closure with over 5,000 signatories to the City of York Council's adult social services panel.[6]
Focus on animal sculpture[edit]
Arnup's work focused on animals as subjects. She reported adopting a South American Spider Monkey as a rescue pet in 1969, two fox cubs in the mid 1970s, which inspired several sculptural pieces, and a Turkey.[3]
Exhibitions[edit]
- Whitestone Gallery, York - year unknown, work by artists associated with St Peter's School, such as sculptress Sally Arnup. [7]
- Abbotsbury sub-tropical gardens, Dorset, 'Sculpture trail', 2002 - 2004 - Bronze Turkey Hen.[8]
- Sudley Castle, Gloucestershire, Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire, and Castle Howard, Yorkshire, July 14 to 28 - national touring exhibition 'Sculpture Under English Skies', July 2002.[9] [10]
- Studio, York, 'York Open Studios weekend', 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013 - Bronzes of birds and animals.[11][12][13][14]
- Bowes Musuem, County Durham, 'British Sporting Art', 2010 - retrospective exhibition of animal bronzes, including a Bronze swan.[15][16]
- Blake Gallery, York, 2011 - display of 25 bronzes, including dogs, otters, deer, a cat and humming birds and featuring a bronze King Charles Spaniel 'Brutus'.[2][17]
- Himalayan Garden and Sculpture Park, Grewelthorpe, near Ripon, 2012 - bronzes and animal sculptures.[18]
- York Cemetary, York, '175th Anniversary anniversary exhibition', 2013.[19]
Locations[edit]
- Pocklington School grounds, East Riding of Yorkshire, Statue of William Wilberforce as a 15 year-old pupil, 2007.[20]
- Kings Manor, inner courtyard, York, Statue of a Bronze Calf.[21]
- Hartrigg Oaks York, Statue of a Hart, 1999 - Commissioned to represent the Hartrigg Oaks Community centre logo (a Hart and an oak leaf).[22]
Commissions[edit]
Recognition[edit]
Gallery[edit]
List of selected works[edit]
| 1928 | Doves | Parian marble |
| 1932–33 | Seated Figure | lignum vitae |
| 1933 | Two Forms | alabaster and limestone |
| 1934 | Mother and Child | Cumberland alabaster |
| 1935 | Three Forms | Seravezza marble |
| 1936 | Ball Plane and Hole | lignum vitae, mahogany and oak |
| 1937 | Pierced Hemisphere 1 | white marble |
| 1940 | Sculpture with Colour (Deep Blue and Red) | mixed |
| 1943 | Oval Sculpture | cast material |
| 1943–44 | Wave | wood, paint and string |
| 1944 | Landscape Sculpture | wood (cast in bronze, 1961) |
| 1946 | Pelagos | wood, paint and string |
| Tides | wood and paint | |
| 1947 | Blue and green (arthroplasty) 31 December 1947 | oil and pencil on pressed paperboard |
| 1948 | Surgeon Waiting | oil and pencil on pressed paperboard |
| 1949 | Operation: Case for Discussion | oil and pencil on pressed paperboard |
| 1951 | Group I (Concourse) 4 February 1951 | Serravezza marble |
| 1953 | Hieroglyph | Ancaster stone |
| 1954–55 | Two Figures | teak and paint |
| 1955 | Oval Sculpture (Delos) | scented guarea wood and paint |
| 1955–56 | Coré | bronze |
| 1956 | Curved Form (Trevalgan) | bronze (see external link to collection of Margaret Gardiner) |
| 1956 | Orpheus (Maquette), Version II | brass and cotton string |
| Stringed Figure (Curlew), Version II | brass and cotton string | |
| 1958 | Cantate Domino | bronze |
| Sea Form (Porthmeor) | bronze | |
| 1959 | Curved form with inner form – anima | bronze |
| 1960 | Figure for Landscape | bronze |
| Archaeon | bronze | |
| Meridian | bronze | |
| 1961 | Curved Form | bronze |
| 1962–63 | Bronze Form (Patmos) | bronze |
| 1963 | Winged Figure | bronze |
| 1963–65 | Sphere with Inner Form | bronze |
| 1964 | Rock Form (Porthcurno) | bronze |
| Sea Form (Atlantic) | bronze | |
| Oval Form (Trezion) | bronze | |
| Single Form | bronze | |
| 1966 | Figure in a Landscape | bronze on wooden base |
| Four-Square Walk Through | bronze | |
| 1967 | Two Forms (Orkney) | slate |
| 1968 | Two Figures | bronze and gold |
| 1969 | Two Forms | bronze |
| 1970 | Family of Man | bronze |
| 1971 | The Aegean Suite | series of prints |
| Summer Dance | painted bronze | |
| 1972 | Minoan Head | marble on wooden base |
| Assembly of Sea Forms | white marble mounted on stainless steel base | |
| 1973 | Conversation with Magic Stones | bronze and silver |
References[edit]
- ^ "Nice to meet you Wilberforce junior". Hull Daily Mail. Lexis Nexis. 25 September 2007.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ a b "Sally Arnup's been making models for 80 years". York Press. Lexis Nexis. 16 October 2013.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ a b c d e Lewis, Stephen (18 October 2013). "Sally Arnup exhibition, Blake Gallery, October 19 to November 2". York Press. Lexis Nexis.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Arnott, Chris (16 July 1998). "Arts: Where's King Kong gone?; ...off on the back of a very big lorry, along with a big chunk of our heritage. Chris Arnot on a monumental mystery". The Guardian. Lexis Nexis.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Laycock, Mike (25 June 2007). "We'll keep on fighting says action group". York Press. Lexis Nexis.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Aitchison, Gavin (5 December 2007). "Yearsley Bridge petition to be considered". York Press. Lexis Nexis.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Malcolm Ludvigsen and Jean Luce: Sea, Crags And Sky, Whitestone Gallery, St Peter's School, York". York Press. Lexis Nexis. 28 January 2011.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Best, Brian (14 June 2002). "Get on the trail of our greatest sculptors". The Guardian. Lexis Nexis. p. 25.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Sculpture's shown". Gloucestershire Echo. Lexis Nexis. 5 July 2002. p. 19.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Putting a few bob on the horses". The Times (London). Lexis Nexis. 13 July 2002. p. 6.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Hutchinson, Charles (4 April 2008). "York Open Studios 2008". York Press. Lexis Nexis.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Hutchinson, Charles (12 March 2009). "York Open Studios 2009, March 27 to March 29". York Press. Lexis Nexis.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "York Open Studios 2012 is launched". York Press. Lexis Nexis. 9 March 2012.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Weekends lined up to showcase artists' work". York Press. Lexis Nexis. 2 April 2013.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "York sculptor to unveil retrospective exhibition of animal bronzes". York Press. Lexis Nexis. 25 May 2010.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "British Sporting Art". www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ "Sally Arnup exhibition, Blake Gallery, York, October 22 - November 5". York Press. Lexis Nexis. 10 September 2011.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Sculptures at Himalayan Gardens, Grewelthorpe". York Press. Lexis Nexis. 12 June 2012.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Laycock, Mike (4 September 2013). "Art exhibition to mark York Cemetery's 175th anniversary". York Press. Lexis Nexis.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Holtby-based artist Sally Arnup sculpts anti-slavery pioneer William Wilberforce". The York Press. 20 January 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ "In 2008 the 5th Aura exhibition was held in The King's Manor, York". www.auraexhibition.co.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ Franklin, Bridget (2006). Housing transformations : shaping the space of 21st century living (1st ed. ed.). Abingdon: Routledge. p. 176. ISBN 0415336198.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help);|edition=has extra text (help)
Further reading[edit]
Biographies[edit]
Monographs[edit]
Exhibition catalogues[edit]
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Barbara Hepworth in the Tate Collection
- {{UK National Archives ID}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
- Barbara Hepworth's Sculpture Records, 1925–1975
Category:1930 births Category:2015 deaths Category:20th-century British sculptors Category:Alumni of the Royal College of Art Category:British contemporary artists Category:English sculptors Category:English women artists Category:Modern sculptors Category:People from Wakefield Category:20th-century women artists