Pauline Aitken

Pauline Aitken
Born	30 June 1893 Accrington, England
Died	1958 (aged 64–65) Surrey, England
Nationality	British
Education	Manchester School of Art Chelsea Polytechnic Royal Academy Schools
Known for	Painting and sculpture

Pauline Aitken (30 June 1893 –1958) was a British artist and sculptor.

Biography

Aitken was born in Accrington in Lancashire where her father was the town clerk and a solicitor for the Corporation of Accrington.[1] Aitken attended the Manchester School of Art and continued her studies at Chelsea Polytechnic and the Royal Academy Schools in London before establishing a studio in Upper Cheyne Row in Chelsea.[1][2] From 1925 to 1929 she exhibited a series of bronze statuettes representing women in movement, for example the pieces Dance and Bacchante, at the Salon des Artistes Francais in Paris.[3] She also exhibited at the Royal Academy in London between 1918 and 1932, at the Royal Scottish Academy and with the Society of Women Artists.[1][4][5]

References

1. 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.
2. James Mackay (1977). The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze. Antique Collectors' Club.
3. Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 1 A-Bedeschini. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2-7000-3070-2.
4. Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
5. University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII (2011). "Miss Pauline Aitken". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

External links

• 3 artworks by or after Pauline Aitken at the Art UK site