Mary Winifred Sylvia Donington (1909–1987) was a British musician and sculptor.

Biography

Donington was born in London, was educated at the

Mary Datchelor School Mary Datchelor School was an endowed grammar school for girls on Camberwell Grove in Camberwell, Greater London, England. It was established in 1877 and closed in 1981. It was known for its innovations in encouraging teacher training, and for it ...

in Camberwell and had a classical music education at the Royal Academy of Music. Although she spent a year, from 1945 to 1946, as a pupil of the sculptor

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she was largely a self-taught artist. During her career as a sculptor Donington created portrait figures in bronze, terracotta and plaster and exhibited at the Royal Academy, with the

Women's International Art Club The Women's International Art Club, briefly known as the Paris International Art Club, was founded in Paris in 1900. The club was intended to "promote contacts between women artists of all nations and to arrange exhibitions of their work", and ...

, the

Society of Women Artists The Society of Women Artists (SWA) is a British art body dedicated to celebrating and promoting fine art created by women. It was founded as the Society of Female Artists (SFA) in about 1855, offering women artists the opportunity to exhibit and ...

and the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Gravers / Printmakers. In 1948 she exhibited a bust of Rosemary Cowper at the

Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts (RGI) is an independent organisation in Glasgow, founded in 1861, which promotes contemporary art and artists in Scotland. The institute organizes the largest and most prestigious annual art exhibitio ...

. Donington lived for many years at

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in Hampshire and is thought to have died there in February 1987.

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