Doris Lexley Margaret Lindner (8 July 1896 – 1979) was a British sculptor who specialised in creating figures of animals and birds.

Biography

Lindner was born at

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in mid-Wales, and spent her childhood in

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. Her mother was Welsh and her father was English and the family had sufficient income to employ several servants. Lindner studied at the school of animal painting run by

William Frank Calderon William Frank Calderon aka W. Frank Calderon (London 1865 – 21 April 1943), was a British painter of portraits, landscapes, figure subjects and sporting pictures. He was the third son of the painter and Keeper of the Royal Academy in Lond ...

in London and then at

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in central London before completing her studies at the British School in Rome. Lindner specialised in creating figures of birds and animals in stone, plaster, bronze and concrete and many were reproduced in porcelain by

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. She also created an equestrian statuette in bronze of Princess Elizabeth which was reproduced in a porcelain limited edition by Royal Worcester and also as a life-size model which was displayed in

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in London as part of the store's 1953 Coronation celebrations. Lindner was a regular exhibitor at the

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in London, with the

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, with the

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and at the

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. She also exhibited with the

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and the

Royal Society of British Artists The Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) is a British art body established in 1823 as the Society of British Artists, as an alternative to the Royal Academy. History The RBA commenced with twenty-seven members, and took until 1876 to reach fif ...

. For most of her career Lindner lived in London but later lived in both Gloucestershire and at

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in Sussex and died at Maidstone in Kent.

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