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Freda Skinner (31 January 1911 – 19 July 1993) was a British sculptor and woodcarver who was head of sculpture at Wimbledon School of Artfrom 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
| Type | Location | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| War Memorial | St Mary's Church, Battersea | 1949 | |
| Stations of the Cross | St John the Divine, Richmond | 1955–1970 | |
| The Risen Christ | St Paul's Church, Lorrimore Square | 1960 | |
| The Spirit of Youth | Roundwood Park, Willesden Originally installed in 1966 outside the new indoor pool at Willesden Lido. | 1966 | |
| Virgin and Child | St Elphege's Church, Wallington, London | 1972 | |
| Foundation Stone | Barbican Arts Centre | 1972 | |
| Plaque and Coat of Arms | Barbican Arts Centre | 1982 | |
| Cromwell Debates | St Mary's Church, Putney | 1982 |