Christine Gregory (1879–10 February 1963) was a British sculptor and potter. She was among the first women elected as a member of the

Royal Society of British Sculptors The Royal Society of Sculptors (RSS) is a British charity established in 1905, which promotes excellence in the art and practice of sculpture. Its headquarters are a centre for contemporary sculpture on Old Brompton Road in South Kensington, Lo ...

Biography

Gregory was born and lived in London. Her father was a mineralogist from London, while her mother was from Berkshire, and together they raised a family of seven. Gregory taught model making at the Hammersmith School of Art from 1918 to 1937 while working as a sculptor and potter. Working in bronze, terracotta and plaster, she created busts, statuettes, plaques and earthenware pieces. In 1922, she was among the first women elected as a member of the

and became a Fellow of that society in 1948. Gregory won several awards and medals, including the Feodora Gleichen Award in 1945 for her coloured plaster sculpture ''A Child of Africa''. Between 1900 and 1949, Gregory exhibited approximately 37 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 and 24 works with the

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. She also exhibited at the

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, the

Walker Art Gallery The Walker Art Gallery is an art gallery in Liverpool, which houses one of the largest art collections in England outside London. It is part of the National Museums Liverpool group. History The Walker Art Gallery's collection dates from 1819 ...

in Liverpool, with the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers, and in Scotland at the

Royal Scottish Academy The Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) is the country's national academy of art. It promotes contemporary art, contemporary Scottish art. The Academy was founded in 1826 by eleven artists meeting in Edinburgh. Originally named the Scottish Academy ...

and the

Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts (RGI) is an independent organisation in Glasgow, founded in 1861, which promotes contemporary art and artists in Scotland. The institute organizes the largest and most prestigious annual art exhibiti ...

as well as in Canada. Examples of her work are held by the

Ulster Museum The Ulster Museum, located in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, has around 8,000 square metres (90,000 sq. ft.) of public display space, featuring material from the collections of fine art and applied art, archaeology, ethnography, treasures ...

in Belfast and the

Potteries Museum & Art Gallery The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery is in Bethesda Street, Hanley, one of the six towns of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. Admission is free. One of the four local authority museums in the city, the other three being Gladstone Pottery Museum, ...

in Stoke-on-Trent.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gregory, Christine 1879 births 1963 deaths 20th-century British sculptors English women sculptors People from St Pancras, London Sculptors from London 20th-century English women 20th-century English people 20th-century British women sculptors