Sally Arnup
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- Kingston School of Art
- Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts
- Royal College of Art
Sally Arnup FRBS ARCA | |
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| Born | Sally Robina Baynton Williams[1] 15 July 1930 London, England[2] |
| Died | 22 December 2015 (aged 85) York, England |
| Resting place | Holy Trinity Church, Holtby, Yorkshire[1] |
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| Known for | Sculpture |
| Spouse | Mick Arnup (m. 1953–2008; his death)[3][4] |
Sally Arnup (15 July 1930 – 22 December 2015)[1] was an English sculptor known for her depictions of animals.[5] Her studios were located at Holtby, a village near York.[6]
Arnup was born in London and began studying at the Kingston School of Art at the age of thirteen.[7] She later studied at Camberwell College of Arts and the Royal College of Art where she was taught by both Frank Dobson and John Skeaping.[8][9] In 1955 she won the Royal Society of British Sculptors' Feodora Gleichen Award for women artists.[10] From 1958 to 1972 Arnup was the Head of Sculpture at York College of Art.[7] Her husband Mick Arnup also taught art at the college.[9] Both Sally Arnup and her husband retired from teaching in 1974 to focus on their artistic careers.[11]
Artworks
Arnup's speciality as an artist was for bronze animal sculptures, often created with the live animal present.[8] Among Arnup's most notable commissions was a work for the Duke of Edinburgh’s 80th Birthday, depicting his Fell Pony Storm.[5] In 1971 she cast a silver leopard which was presented to Queen Elizabeth II by the City of York.[8] A life-sized sculpture of an Irish Wolfhound by Arnup was posthumously donated to the York Art Gallery in 2017.[9] She regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, with the Royal Society of British Artists, with the Royal Scottish Academy and at the Paris Salon.[8] In 1968 the University of York hosted a solo exhibition of her work as did Gainsborough House in Suffolk during 1998.[10] The Arnup Studio where both Sally and Mick Arnup worked, was opened to the public in 2011 as part of York Open Studios.[12]
