Freda Skinner

British sculptor and woodcarver
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IntroBritish sculptor and woodcarver
A.K.A.Freda Nellie Skinner
A.K.A.Freda Nellie Skinner
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
wasArtist Sculptor
Work fieldArts
Gender
Female
Birth31 January 1911
Death19 July 1993 (aged 82 years)
Star signAquarius
The details

Biography

Freda Skinner (31 January 1911 – 19 July 1993) was a British sculptor and woodcarver who was head of sculpture at Wimbledon School of Art from 1945 to 1971.

Skinner was born in Limpsfield, Surrey and studied under Henry Moore and Alan Durst at The Royal College of Art.

She was a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and a member of the Society of Portrait Sculptors.

Her 1972 sculpture Virgin and Child is in the Lady Chapel of St Elphege's Church, Wallington, south London. She also carved the foundation stone for the Barbican Art Centre in central London, in 1972. She exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition six times.

In 1993 there was a retrospective exhibition of her work at the Bruton Street Gallery in central London. Two of her jigsaw works for Abbatt Toys are held in the V&A.

She died in West Amesbury, Wiltshire on 19 July 1993.

Selected works

TypeLocationDateNote
War MemorialSt Mary's Church, Battersea1949
Stations of the CrossSt John the Divine, Richmond1955–1970
The Risen ChristSt Paul's Church, Lorrimore Square1960
The Spirit of YouthRoundwood Park, Willesden

Originally installed in 1966 outside the new indoor pool at Willesden Lido.

1966
Virgin and ChildSt Elphege's Church, Wallington, London1972
Foundation StoneBarbican Arts Centre1972
Plaque and Coat of ArmsBarbican Arts Centre1982
Cromwell DebatesSt Mary's Church, Putney1982
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