Marjorie Violet G Drawbell (1 March 1903 – 27 April 2000) was a British sculptor, known for creating a number of designs that were reproduced as pottery and jewellery items.

Biography

Born in England, Drawbell studied at the

Regent Street Polytechnic , mottoeng = The Lord is our Strength , type = Public , established = 1838: Royal Polytechnic Institution 1891: Polytechnic-Regent Street 1970: Polytechnic of Central London 1992: University of Westminster , endowment = £5.1 million ...

in central London from 1919 to 1921. After graduating, Drawbell worked as an assistant to Charles Vyse and worked with him in creating ceramic figures for

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. She created animal and human figures, usually for private commissions, some of which were re-created in silver by the jewellery company

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. Drawbell was a regular exhibitor at the

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in London, showing a total of eighteen works there between 1943 and 1961. In 1961 she published ''Making Pottery Figures'', a book on pottery methods and techniques. Drawbell was also a painter and had an exhibition of her paintings at the Zaydler Gallery in 1970. In 1948 she was elected an Associate member of the

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and was made a Fellow of that Society in 1957.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Drawbell, Marjorie 1903 births 2000 deaths 20th-century British sculptors 20th-century English women artists English potters English women sculptors 20th-century British women sculptors Alumni of the Regent Street Polytechnic