Anna Dabis | |
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Born | 1847
Rügen, Germany |
Died | 13 March 1927
Southfleet, Kent |
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | National Art Training School |
Anna Dabis (1847–13 March 1927) was a German sculptor who spent a large part of her career in Britain.
Dabis was born on the island of Rügen in Germany, where her father was a pastor. [1] After her parents died at an early age, Dabis was raised by relatives before moving to England around 1881 to take a teaching post. [1] She enrolled in the National Art Training School in South Kensington where she was taught sculpture by Édouard Lantéri and won a silver medal in the 1885 National Competition. [1]
Dabis began to produce medals, busts, heads and statuettes, often in bronze and between 1888 and 1895 she exhibited ten works at the Royal Academy in London. [2] [3] She supported the suffragette movement and in 1889 she signed the Declaration in Favour of Women's Suffrage. [1] After living in London for many years, Dabis moved to Southfleet in Kent. [2] King's College London holds her bronzed plaster bust of Frida Mond. [1]