Elizabeth Muntz

Elizabeth Muntz (1894–1977)[1] was a Canadian-born artist based in Dorset, noted for her sculptures and paintings.[2]

Elizabeth Muntz
BornOctober 1894
Toronto, Canada
DiedMarch 1977 (aged 82)
Dorset
Known forSculpture, painting

Early life and education

Muntz was born in Toronto, Canada and attended Bishop Strachan School.[2] She went on to study at Ontario College of Art before attending the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris.[3]

Her sister Isabelle Hope Muntz was a renowned medievalist.[2] They lived together in Apple Tree Cottage in Chaldon.[3]

Sculpture and painting

While in Paris, Muntz studied with Antoine Bourdelle, and is considered part of the Maillolesque tradition.[4] Muntz arrived in England in the mid-1920s and while in London, she studied under Frank Dobson.[3][5]

Muntz was a member of The Artist-Craftsmen Group in 1926 followed by the London Group, later becoming a member of the Isle of Purbeck Arts Club.[3][2] She exhibited regularly at London Group Exhibitions between 1923 and 1938, also showing her work in 1926 at The Modern Group of Artist-Craftsmen Second Exhibition and with the Seven and Five Society at the Beaux Arts Gallery the same year.[6] In May 1932, Muntz exhibited drawings and sculpture at the Cooling Gallery, London.[4][6] In the 1950s Muntz exhibited at the Society of Women Artists in 1952, The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts from 1952 to 1955, and the Royal Glasgow Institute in 1954 and 1955.[3][2] In the 1960s, Muntz was commissioned to create a sculpture of King Harold for Waltham Abbey, Essex.[6]

During the 1930s, Muntz's work was featured several times in Apollo Magazine.[2]

Locals from the area around her Dorset home were known to sit for her as models.[7] In the 1960s, Muntz ran a summer school, employing sculptors including Alan Collins.[8]

A memorial stone to Llewelyn Powys carved by Muntz, who lived in a neighbouring village, is located on the Dorset Cliffs.[9]

Muntz was the first elected woman freeman of The Ancient Order of Purbeck Marblers and Stone Cutters.[10]

Works held in Collections

Paintings and sculptures by Elizabeth Muntz are held in several British collections, including the following works,

Title Year Medium Gallery no. Gallery Location
Adriatic Schooner Moored at a Quay (probably Venice) - oil on board 1993.285.234 Dorset County Museum Dorchester, England
Bust of T. F. Powys 1949 or before stone N4894 Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery Bristol, England
Catherine Morton (1929–1988) 1970 oil on canvas ART2321 Dorset County Museum Dorchester, England
Child in a Hammock - oil on board 1993.285.282 Dorset County Museum Dorchester, England
Children by the Shore - oil on canvas ART2461.1 Dorset County Museum Dorchester, England
Figure on a Beach - oil on board 1993.285.281A Dorset County Museum Dorchester, England
House in a Landscape - oil on board 1993.285.229.1 Dorset County Museum Dorchester, England
Figure on a Boat in a Harbour - oil on board 1993.285.233 Dorset County Museum Dorchester, England
Erda 1933 bronze 1933.14 Manchester Art Gallery Manchester, England
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References
  1. Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  2. Gray, Sarah (2019-02-08). British women artists : a biographical dictionary of 1,000 women artists in the British decorative arts. United Kingdom. ISBN 978-1911121633. OCLC 1085975377.
  3. "Elizabeth Muntz - Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951". sculpture.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  4. "London Art Shows: Sculpture and Drawings". The Scotsman. 1932-05-14. p. 17. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  5. Ancestors, Dorset. "Elizabeth Muntz | Dorset Ancestors". Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  6. Fraser, Inga (2014). "The 'English Independents': some twentieth-century women carvers". The Sculpture Journal. 23:3 (3): 369–378. doi:10.3828/sj.2015.8. ProQuest 1689378661.
  7. fionaking, Author (2017-12-01). "It only took a picture…". Dorset Council news. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  8. Masters, Christopher (2016-11-09). "Alan Collins obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  9. Powys, Llewelyn, 1884-1939. (2007). Durdle Door to Dartmoor : Wessex essays of Llewelyn Powys. Head, Anthony., Kibblewhite, Frank. Sherborne: Sundial. ISBN 9780955152344. OCLC 520465590.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. Gould, Veronica Franklin (2017-09-01). "Reawakening Integrated: Arts & Heritage" (PDF). Arts 4 Dementia. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
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