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Doris Kathleen Flinn

1892 – 1977

British sculptor

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Lived 1892 – 1977 (aged 84). Doris Kathleen Flinn was a British sculptor.

Doris Kathleen Flinn (15 October 1892 - 19 September 1977) was an English sculptor.

Biography Doris Kathleen Flinn was born at 12 Oak Avenue, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Lancashire, on 15 October 1892, the daughter of Arthur Flinn (b. ca. 1858), an agent for a silk merchants, and Martha Hannah Barton.

In 1911, Flinn moved to Manchester and from 1914 to 1920 she studied at Manchester School of Art, living at 1 King's Road Alexandra Park, Manchester, and was a member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts.

Works The Warrior Torso Decorative Mask Self-Portrait Sostenuto Lawyer, Athlete, Aviator, Woman, 1935 Rest Salome (1920) (Presumed) £5 5s. (£ in sterling) Meditation (1922) (Presumed) £25 (£ in sterling) Mother and Child (1922) (Presumed) £1 10s (£ in sterling) Portrait (1923) (Presumed) Desolation (1923) (Presumed) £35 (£ in sterling) Portrait (1924) (Presumed) The Bargain (1925) (Presumed) £6 6s (£ in sterling) A Warrior (1926) (Presumed) £6 (£ in sterling) Enigma (1926) (Presumed) R. C. Tuckett, Esq. (1927) (Presumed) Puritan Girl (1927) (Presumed) £2 2s (£ in sterling) A Warrior (1928) (Presumed) Bacchus (1928) (Presumed) The Caretaker's Daughter (1928) (Presumed) Mother and child (1928) Meditation (1928) Brigid (1936) Lawrence Ogilvie (1930s) neighbour of Doris Flinn Mermaid (1936)

Exhibitions 75th Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1920 77th Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1922 78th Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1923-4 79th Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1924 80th Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1925-1926 Manchester Art Gallery, Exhibition of Work by Manchester Artists, 1926 (The Warrior) 81st Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1926-1927 82nd Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1927-1928 Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham Spring Exhibition, 1928 (The Caretaker's Daughter) 102nd Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 1928 (Multiple works) Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, 75th Spring Exhibition, 1934 (Torso) Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, 76th Spring Exhibition, 1935 (Rest) Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, 1935 (Bridgid) 110th Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 1936 (Mermaid)

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Manchester Metropolitan University

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British sculptor

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Doris Kathleen Flinn was born on 15 October 1892 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy.

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Doris Kathleen Flinn died on 19 September 1977.

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Doris Kathleen Flinn was a sculptor.

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Doris Kathleen Flinn was British.

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· Wikipedia: Doris Kathleen Flinn

· Wikidata: Q47165199

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