Jacqueline Diffring (7 February 1920 – 28 September 2020) was a German-British sculptor. She was also the sister of actor Anton Diffring.

Life and work

Diffring was born in Koblenz,

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in February 1920. She began her artistic studies as a 17-year-old at the

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. Two years later, severe discrimination and reprisals by the

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made her migrate to the UK. Diffring acquired British citizenship and graduated in fine arts at the Technical College in

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in 1946. At

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she studied sculpture with

Willi Soukop Willi Soukop (5 January 1907 – 8 February 1995) was a sculptor, member of the Royal Academy and early teacher of Elisabeth Frink. Soukop's work is prominently on display at Hull University , mottoeng = Bearing the Torch f learn ...

and Mac William under Henry Moore. Having completed her education at

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, she worked as a teacher at

Wisbech Grammar School Wisbech Grammar School is an 11–18 mixed, Church of England, independent day school and sixth form in Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. Founded by the Guild of the Holy Trinity in 1379, it is one of the oldest schools in the co ...

. Since the early 1960s Jacqueline Diffring lived and worked in France. In 2007 she launched a non-profit organization: The Jacqueline Diffring Foundation, dedicated to promoting art and culture, awarding a yearly €5000 prize to a young international sculptor. Diffring turned 100 in February 2020 and died in September in Châteauneuf Grasse,

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Life and work

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