Edith Anna Bell

Edith Anna Bell (1870–1929) was an Irish sculptor who specialised in creating medallions and portraits in relief.

Edith Anna Bell
Born	1870 Dublin, Ireland
Died	1929 (aged 58–59) Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Known for	Sculptor

Biography

Bell was born in Dublin and after taking art lessons in that city appears to have moved to England, sometime before 1896 when she is known to have been teaching modelling at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London.[1] She is also known to have lived at Reading in Berkshire for a time.[1] Bell produced bronze figures and statuettes and also medallions in both bronze and silver.[1] Between 1896 and 1912 she exhibited ten works at the Royal Academy in London and also exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.[2][3] The National Portrait Gallery in London holds a copper medallion portrait of Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe by Bell.[4]

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. University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII (2011). "Edith Anna Bell". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
3. James Mackay (1977). The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze. Antique Collectors' Club.
4. "Edith Anna Bell". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 15 January 2020.