Mary Donington

Mary Donington
Mary Donington
Born	1909; London, England
Died	1987 (aged 77–78); Headley Down, Hampshire, England
Nationality	British
Education	Mary Datchelor School,; Royal Academy of Music
Occupation(s)	musician, sculptor
Known for	portrait figures in bronze, terracotta and plaster
Notable work	exhibited at the Royal Academy

Mary Winifred Sylvia Donington (1909–1987) was a British musician and sculptor.

Biography[edit]

Donington was born in London, was educated at the Mary Datchelor School in Camberwell and had a classical music education at the Royal Academy of Music.^[1] Although she spent a year, from 1945 to 1946, as a pupil of the sculptor Frank Dobson she was largely a self-taught artist.^[2]

During her career as a sculptor Donington created portrait figures in bronze, terracotta and plaster and exhibited at the Royal Academy, with the Women's International Art Club, the Society of Women Artists and the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Gravers / Printmakers.^[1]^[3] In 1948 she exhibited a bust of Rosemary Cowper at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.^[4]

Donington lived for many years at Headley Down in Hampshire and is thought to have died there in February 1987.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Sara Gray (2019). British Women Artists. A Biographical Dictionary of 1000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts. Dark River. ISBN 978-1-911121-63-3.
^ James Mackay (1977). The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 0902028553.
^ David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
^ University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII (2011). "Mary Donington". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951. Retrieved 27 September 2021.