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Edith Agnes Kathleen Young, Baroness Kennet, FRBS (née Bruce; formerly Scott; 27 March 1878 – 25 July 1947) was a British sculptor. Trained in London and Paris, Scott was a prolific sculptor, notably of portrait heads and busts and also of several larger public monuments.
Sep 15, 2022 · In her new book Widows of the Ice: The Women That Scott’s Antarctic Expedition Left Behind, author Anne Fletcher recenters that story around the wives of three of the explorers: Kathleen Scott,...
Feb 15, 2024 · Trained in London and Paris, Scott was a prolific sculptor, notably of portrait heads and busts, and also of several larger public monuments. The statue of Captain Scott was Kathleen Scott's first and largest public sculpture.
Jun 20, 2024 · It is one of the most important works by Kathleen Scott, wife of Robert Falcon Scott, and a prominent and prolific sculptor. Originally intended as a war memorial and dating from 1922–1923, it received critical acclaim and was exhibited widely.
Edith Agnes Kathleen Young, Baroness Kennet, FRBS (née Bruce; formerly Scott; 27 March 1878 – 25 July 1947) was a British sculptor. Trained in London and Paris, Scott was a prolific sculptor, notably of portrait heads and busts and also of several larger public monuments.
Kathleen Scott achieved distinction as a traditional sculptor working in clay from life and during the 1930s her portraits were much in demand. She studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, Atelier Colarossi in Paris, and with Rodin.
Lady Kathleen was one of the first female members of the Royal Society of Sculptors, becoming an Associate Member in 1928 and a Fellow in 1946. In 1922 she married Sir Hilton Young, who later became Baron Kennet, thus providing her with yet another name: Lady Kennet.
Kathleen Scott (1878–1947) Sculptor of figures and portrait busts, born at Carlton-in-Lindrick, Nottinghamshire. After initial education in France and Italy, she studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, Atelier Colarossi in Paris, 1901–6, and with Rodin.
Jun 21, 1996 · In A Great Task of Happiness: The Life of Kathleen Scott she tells us about an extraordinary woman and a celebrated artist. Kathleen Scott led a remarkable life despite an unremarkable start as a Victorian girl in a normal, middle class family; but she went on to grab life by the reigns and lead an extraordinary life.
- Louisa Young
Many years into their long friendship, Bernard Shaw told Kathleen Scott (she had sculpted him, wearing then-unfeminine coveralls or slacks), "No woman ever born had a narrower escape from being a man. My affection for you is the nearest I ever came to homosexuality."
