Jocelyn Horner
Born1902
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Died1972 (aged 69–70)
Halifax, West Yorkshire
NationalityBritish
Alma materLeeds School of Art
Known forSculpture

Jocelyn Horner (1902 – January 1973) was a British sculptor and teacher.

Biography

Brontë Sisters statue, Haworth Parsonage Museum

Horner was born at Green Hayes in Halifax, West Yorkshire, where she spent most of her life.[1] She attended Halifax High School and Grovelly Manor in Bournemouth.[1] In 1920 she enrolled at the Leeds School of Art to train as a sculptor and was a student alongside both Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore.[2][3] While still a student she began a series of animal studies and children's portraits.[2] During World War II she worked as a home teacher for blind people in Halifax and also served as a Red Cross nurse.[1] When the War ended she returned to Leeds as a student and in the early 1950s took a number of part-time teaching posts. Horner taught modelling and wood carving at Percival Whitley College and also taught at Halifax Art College.[2]

In the 1960s Horner's work, which was greatly influenced by that of Jacob Epstein was exhibited both locally in Yorkshire and at national venues.[2] She won the Leeds Gold Medal for Yorkshire artists in 1951 and had a number of high-profile commissions.[2] These included a bronze group sculpture of the three Brontë sisters for the Bronte Parsonage Museum and a bust and hands sculpture of Sir John Barbirolli for the Hallé Concert Society in Manchester.[2][3] Her Head of a Blind Man is held at the London Headquarters of the Royal National Institute of Blind People.[2]

Leeds City Art Gallery holds examples of her work and a memorial show was held at the Stable Court Galleries at Temple Newsam near Leeds.[3] In 2013 a Blue Plaque was unveiled on the house in Green Hayes where Horner was born and died.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Celebrating the life and art of sculptor Jocelyn - one of Halifax's greatest daughters". Halifax Courier. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
  3. 1 2 3 Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
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