Florence Camm
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Florence Camm | |
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| Born | 7 August 1874 |
| Died | 1960 (aged 85–86) |
| Known for | Stained Glass |
| Notable work | Dante's La Vita Nuova windows |
| Movement | Arts and Crafts movement |
| Awards | Grand Prix at the Turon International Exhibition (1911) |
Florence Camm (7 August 1874 – 1960) was a British stained-glass artist, painter and metalworker associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. Camm and her brothers, Walter and Robert, took over the management of the family stained-glass business after her father, T. W. Camm died in 1912. Camm was the principal designer of the firm until her death in 1960.
Florence was born 7 August 1874, in Smethwick, Staffordshire (now Birmingham). She was one of nine children of Thomas William Camm (1839–1912) and Charlotte Middleton (1840–1909). Her father was a stained glass artist who worked for glass manufacturer, Chance Brothers and Company in Smethwick.[1] He set up his own stained glass studio-workshop, T.W. Camm & Co., in 1867 after Chance Brothers closed its Coloured & Ornamental Department.[2]
Camm attended the King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls and later took classes at the Birmingham Municipal School of Art, between 1892 and 1912.[1] She learned the technique of stained glass making from prominent stained glass artist, Henry Payne. Camm won numerous prizes for her drawings, stained glass designs and metalwork. She exhibited her work in national and international exhibitions.
In 1911, Camm created what is considered her most successful work, three stained glass windows for the English House at the Turin International Exhibition. Illustrating scenes from Dante's La Vita Nuova, Camm's windows won the exhibition's Grand Prix in three classes and the Diploma of Honour for the exhibition.[1] The windows are now in the permanent collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama.[3] Camm began working for her father's firm when she was taking classes at the Birmingham Art School. In 1897, the studio-workshop was producing stained glass, mosaics, tapestry and fresco paintings.[1]
