Norah Marjorie Ansell (6 July 1906 –1990) was a British sculptor who worked mostly in wood, ivory and bronze.

Biography

Ansell was born in

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and took evening classes at the Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts and remained in that city for most of her career, living in the

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area. She produced statuettes and portrait busts in a variety of materials including bronze, wood and ivory. Ansell exhibited with the

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and the

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in London during 1945 and then subsequently with the Royal Academy. From 1950 to 1955 she was a regular exhibitor with the

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. Ansell was awarded a prize at the International Ivory Sculpture Competition and Exhibition held in New York at the Carlebach Gallery in 1953.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ansell, Norah 1906 births 1990 deaths 20th-century British sculptors 20th-century English women artists Alumni of the Birmingham School of Art Artists from Birmingham, West Midlands English women sculptors Artists from Wiltshire 20th-century women sculptors