Eveleen Buckton

Born 1872
Died 1962

Active: 1917 - 1959

Country of birth and death: England

Engraver, sculptor

Born in Haslemere, Surrey. Her father was George Bowdler Buckton (born c.1819 in London), living on his own means in 1891. Eveleen studied art c.1890-1902 and is said to have a been a pupil of Sir Frank Short.

Between 1917-59 she exhibited regularly, initially showing statuettes and busts. However, earlier works by Eveleen included a stained glass window depicting the Holy Grail for the Tennyson Memorial in Haslemere Church (unveiled 8 August 1899). From the mid-1920s she began showing etchings of landscape subjects and switched to this subject and medium by the mid-1930s. In December 1931 Eveleen had a solo show of sculptures and etchings at the Arlington Gallery, 22 Old Bond Street, London. A review in the 'The Times' commented her 'sculpture is more remarkable for subtlety of expression than form in the abstract, but the two plasters of children's heads are well modelled and 'Statuette' of a nude girl in hesitating movement, is a charming little bronze, flowing into graceful lines from every point of view.'

Eveleen died in Hampstead, London in 1962. She left her collection of drawings, etchings, watercolours and sculptures to the British Museum for display in public galleries in the UK and abroad.

(Some of this information is taken from: http://bucktonfamily.co.uk/buckton-snippets/88-eveleen-buckton.html accessed 24 October 2010)

Wealth at death: £13,676 0s. 0d.

Citing this record

'Eveleen Buckton', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1205269330, accessed 30 May 2023]