Works of Edith Maryon

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The works of Edith Maryon (1872–1924) consist primarily of sculptures, and were made primarily in bronze and plaster. Maryon made the works in two main stages. First, from 1898 to 1912, when Maryon was living in London and approximately 26 to 40 years old, she created and exhibited numerous works.[1] After a move to Dornach in 1914 to collaborate with Rudolf Steiner and the Anthroposophical Society, her work was focused on the society, and took on esoteric forms.[2]

Maryon exhibited works frequently while in London, particularly at the Royal Academy of Arts and the Walker Art Gallery; with the former exhibition held during the summer and the latter during the autumn, many her her works were exhibited at both.[1] These works, according to her biographer Rex Raab [de], tended to fall into five categories: first, the world of external physical being; second, references to the elemental world; third, motifs reflecting the human soul; fourth, allegorical works representing spiritual forces and beings; and fifth, a combination of emotional and spiritual aspects.[3] The shift in focus away from the elemental world and towards the spiritual, he observed, appears to have taken place around 1905 to 1907.[4] Maryon exhibited little if at all after 1912.[5]

Following Maryon's 1914 move to Dornach, and until her death a decade later, she created and collaborated on anthroposophical forms of art. Among other works, she was heavily involved in creating both the monumental sculpture The Representative of Humanity, and the eurythmy figures depicting an anthroposophical form of dance.[2]

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