Estella Campavias

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Born1918
Istanbul
Died1990 (aged 7172)
KnownforCeramics
Estella Campavias
Campavias as photographed by Ida Kar, 1958
Born1918
Istanbul
Died1990 (aged 7172)
Known forCeramics

Estella Campavias (1918–1990) was a British sculptor and ceramicist. She is known for glazed stoneware, as on display in the Victoria and Albert Museum.[1][2]

Born in Istanbul, Campavias was of Scottish and Spanish extraction.[3] She was brought up in Turkey,[4] and travelled as the daughter of a diplomat.[3] Self-taught, Campavias first gained fame as a ceramicist, beginning her career in 1955,[4] before developing as a sculptor in the 1970s.[5]

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