Anna Dabis (1847–13 March 1927) was a German sculptor who spent a large part of her career in Britain.

Biography

Dabis was born on the island of

Rügen Rügen (; Rani: ''Rȯjana'', ''Rāna''; , ) is Germany's largest island. It is located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea and belongs to the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The "gateway" to Rügen island is the Hanseatic ci ...

in Germany, where her father was a pastor. After her parents died at an early age, Dabis was raised by relatives before moving to England around 1881 to take a teaching post. She enrolled in the

National Art Training School The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It offe ...

in South Kensington where she was taught sculpture by

Édouard Lantéri Édouard Lantéri (31 October 1848 – 22 December 1917) was a French-born British sculptor and medallist whose romantic French style of sculpting was seen as influential among exponents of New Sculpture. His name is also frequently spelled ...

and won a silver medal in the 1885 National Competition. Dabis began to produce medals, busts, heads and statuettes, often in bronze and between 1888 and 1895 she exhibited ten works at the

Royal Academy The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House in Piccadilly London, England. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its ...

in London. She supported the suffragette movement and in 1889 she signed the Declaration in Favour of Women's Suffrage. After living in London for many years, Dabis moved to

Southfleet Southfleet is a small village and civil parish in the borough of Dartford in Kent, England. The village is located three miles southwest of Gravesend, while the parish includes within its boundaries the hamlets of Betsham and Westwood. Southfl ...

in Kent.

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...

holds her bronzed plaster bust of Frida Mond.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dabis, Anna 1847 births 1927 deaths 19th-century German sculptors 19th-century German women sculptors 20th-century German sculptors 20th-century German women sculptors Alumni of the Royal College of Art Emigrants from the German Empire to the United Kingdom