Kathleen Ophir Theodora Parbury

Kathleen Ophir Theodora Parbury (23 August 1901 – 1986) was a British artist and sculptor, known for the large sculptures she created for British churches and internationally. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1966. Parbury went on produce portrait works and figures, mainly working in bronze, but also other materials. Among her portrait sculptures are figures of Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer, Sir Vivian Fuchs and Dame Sybil Thorndike.

Parbury created a number of large sculptures for British churches. Other examples of her work are in churches in Canada, Ireland and Nigeria and in museums in New Zealand and Ohio.

Throughout her career, Parbury exhibited with the Royal Society of British Sculptors and was elected a Fellow of that body in 1966. She also exhibited with the Society of Women Artists and the Royal Scottish Academy. With Josefina de Vasconcellos, Parbury organised an exhibition of Christian art, The Gospel in Sculpture, at St John's Wood in London during 1955. Parbury also wrote a book on the Lindisfarne saints. For many years Parbury lived on Lindisfarne, having previously lived in London and Edinburgh.