Una Hanbury
Una Hanbury | |
|---|---|
| Born | Una Rawnsley October 8, 1904 |
| Died | February 9, 1990 (aged 85) |
| Education | Sir Jacob Epstein and Frank Calderon |
| Alma mater | Royal Academy of Arts Academie Julian Academie de la Grande Chaumiere L'Atelier de Vieux Vaison |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Notable work | busts of Georgia O'Keeffe, Rachel Carson, Robert Oppenheimer |
Una Hanbury (née Rawnsley), (October 8, 1904 – February 9, 1990) was an English-born American sculptor, best known for her bronze portraits of Georgia O'Keeffe, Rachel Carson, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and other noted figures of the twentieth century.
Early life and education
Hanbury was born Una Rawnsley in the English town of Staines, the daughter of Noel Harwicke Rawnsley and Violet Hilton Cutbill Rawnsley. She grew up primarily in Kent. Her grandfather was Hardwicke Rawnsley.[1] After graduation from London's Polytechnic School of Art, she studied for three years at the Royal Academy of Arts. Jacob Epstein was her most influential teacher.[2]
Career
She left England during World War II with her young daughters,[3] and in 1944 she worked at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C.[4] After taking time off for her family, Hanbury resumed her art career in the mid-1960s. She had one-person exhibitions at the Folger Shakespeare Library and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington in 1971.[4] Hanley made sculptural portraits of Georgia O'Keeffe,[5] Rachel Carson, J. Robert Oppenheimer,[3] Hans Bethe,[3] Enrico Fermi,[3] Edward Teller,[3] Buckminster Fuller,[3] Richard Neutra,[3] Isadora Duncan,[6] Polingaysi,[7] Frances Oldham Kelsey,[7] and Andrés Segovia.[8]
Personal life and legacy
In 1926 she married stockbroker Anthony H. R. C. Hanbury in London. They had two daughters, and divorced. In 1957 she married Canadian pilot Alan Coatsworth Brown. In 1970 she moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico,[3] where she stayed until her death in 1990, at the age of 85.[9][10] Her papers are in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.[2] Her daughter Diana Hanbury King (1927–2018) was an expert in the treatment of dyslexia.[11] Her grandson, Colin Poole, is also an artist; in 2023, he recreated an outdoor sculpture by Hanbury, Compassion, for the city of Arlington, Virginia, using her tools and reference photos.[12]
Public collections
- Smithsonian Institution
- Wheelwright Museum
- National Portrait Gallery (United States)[3]
- Royal Academy, London
- Kennedy Center
- Wheelwright Museum[3]
- Museum of Northern Arizona
- Mesa Public Library (Los Alamos)[3]
- ABQ BioPark Zoo (Albuquerque)[3]
- New Mexico Museum of Art[13]
- Albuquerque Museum of Art and History[6]
- Georgia O'Keeffe Museum[5]
- Neuac Sculpture Park (Arandjelovac, Serbia)
References
- ^ Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer (1990). American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall. p. 374. ISBN 0816187320.
- ^ a b "Una Hanbury papers, 1910–1994, bulk 1966–1990". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Cook-Romero, Elizabeth (2007-05-11). "At Last Glance: Insights on Art". The Santa Fe New Mexican. pp. 36, 38. Retrieved 2025-06-30 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Kovinick, Phil; Yosiki-Kovinick, Marian (1998). An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West. Austin: University of Texas. p. 125. ISBN 0292790635.
- ^ a b "Una Hanbury". The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ^ a b "Una Hanbury, Isadora Reflected". City of Albuquerque. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ^ a b "32. Somewhere a Bird is Singing". Benson Sculpture Garden. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ^ "Una Hanbury sculpture of Andrés Segovia, photographed by Laura Gilpin". Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ^ "Una Hanbury, Sculptor, Dies at 85". The Washington Post. 1990-02-14. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ^ "Una Hanbury; Widely Exhibited Sculptor". Los Angeles Times. 1990-02-19. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ^ "The Legendary Diana Hanbury King". International Dyslexia Association. 2018-06-18. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ^ "Arts Focus: Artistic traditions passed to a grandson shape the re-sculpting of Compassion". ARLnow. 2023-12-27. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ^ Hanbury, Una. "Jesus Rios, Santa Fe". New Mexico Museum of Art. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
External links
- A 1972 photograph of Hanbury, by Laura Gilpin, at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art
- Una Hanbury's memories of her grandfather, transcribed from an oral history interview