Clare Winsten
Clare Winsten , née Birnberg (* 1894 ; † 1989 ) was an English illustrator, draftsman and sculptor. She was married to the artist Stephen Winsten . Born a Jew , she and her husband became a Quaker .
Life
Clare Winsten studied at the Slade School of Fine Art from 1910 to 1912 . At Slade School she studied with Isaac Rosenberg and David Bomberg and through them she became the only female member of the Whitechapel Boys . In 1914, she was the only woman involved in the post-impressionists' exhibition Twentieth Century Art: A Review of Modern Movements at the Whitechapel Art Gallery.
Sculptures by Clare Winsten can be found in Toynbee Hall in Whitechapel and one of Saint Joan is in the garden of George Bernhard Shaw's house in Ayot St. Laurence in Hertfordshire , where Shaw and the Winstens were neighbors. Clare Winsten also illustrated Shaw's Boyant Billions: A Comedy of No Manners in Prose (1949).
Web links
- Biography of Clare Winsten ( Memento from November 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Clare Winsten on Unsung Heroines - Women Artists in British Art
- Clare Winsten Biography on Blondes Fine Art
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Winsten, Clare |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Birnberg, Clare (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English illustrator, draftsman and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1894 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1989 |