About Florence Callcott
Lived 1866 – 1938 (aged 71–72). Florence Callcott was a sculptor and artist.
Florence Callcott Florence Newman (1866 – 21 January 1938) was a British sculptor of portrait medallions and medals.
Biography Callcott was born in the St James area of central London and studied sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art. She first exhibited a work at the Royal Academy in 1890 and then regularly at leading commercial galleries until 1930. Callcott worked in bronze, wax and plaster on a wide variety of subjects. She specialised in creating portrait medallions and showed examples at the Paris Salon in both 1897 and 1904 and at the Royal Academy in 1906 and 1907.
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Who was Florence Callcott?
British sculptor of portrait medallions and medals
When was Florence Callcott born?
Florence Callcott was born in 1866 in St James's.
When did Florence Callcott die?
Florence Callcott died on 21 January 1938 in Hendon.
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Florence Callcott was a sculptor and artist.
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