Anthea Alley (1927–1993) was a British sculptor and artist. She was born in Malaya in 1927, and lived in Australia and South Africa during the Second World War. In 1944 she moved to London with her family and studied painting at the

Regent Street Polytechnic The University of Westminster is a public university based in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1838 as the Royal Polytechnic Institution, it was the first polytechnic to open in London. The Polytechnic formally received a Royal charter in Aug ...

Chelsea College of Art Chelsea College of Arts is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London based in London, United Kingdom, and is a leading British art and design institution with an international reputation. It offers further and higher educat ...

and the

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Anthea Alley — Arnolfini
accessdate: 23/08/2014 From 1957 she concentrated on sculpture art, producing welded pieces alongside assemblage paintings. In 1960, Alley held her first one-person show at the Molton Gallery and in 1961 she received a

John Moores Painting Prize The John Moores Painting Prize is a biennial award to the best contemporary painting, submission is open to the public. The prize is named for Sir John Moores, noted philanthropist, who established the award in 1957. The winning work and short-li ...

. She was married to Ronald Alley, Keeper of the Modern Collection at the Tate Gallery, London. Examples of her work is in the permanent collection of the

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, the Arts Council and Birmingham Art Gallery.

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1927 births 1993 deaths 20th-century British artists 20th-century British women artists Alumni of Chelsea College of Arts Alumni of the Royal College of Art Alumni of the University of Westminster British women sculptors {{UK-sculptor-stub