Benita Eleanora Armstrong, nee Benita Jaeger later The Lady Strauss, (1907–2004) was British sculptor known for her bronze figurative work.

Biography

Armstrong was born into a Jewish family in Germany and moved to London in 1926.[1] In London she lived in a flat above a restaurant in Charlotte Street and for several years was in a relationship with Clive Bell.[1] After that relationship ended she met and, in 1932, married the British artist John Armstrong.[1] Benita Armstrong studied under the Viennese sculptor Georg Ehrlich and was a frequent participant in group exhibitions in London and elsewhere as well as regularly having work included in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions.[2][3] A solo exhibition of her work was held at the Drian Galleries in London in 1981.[3][2] She and Armstrong separated and she eventually married the Labour Party politician George Russell Strauss with who she had two children.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Andrew Lambirth (2009). John Armstrong The Paintings. Philip Wilson Publishers. ISBN 9780856676680.
  2. ^ a b Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
  3. ^ a b Alan Windsor (2003). British Sculptors of the Twentieth Century. Routledge. ISBN 1-85928-4566.
  4. ^ Tam Dalyell (9 June 1993). "Obituary: Lord Strauss". The Independent. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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