Miss Hypatia Rodocanachi
Born 25 November 1872
Died 31 July 1951
Active: 1891 - 1935
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, medallist, painter
Born in Paddington, London. She was the daughter of John (Theodore) Rodocanachi (1833-1900) a merchant and Fanny (Ambrouzis) Mavrogordato (1844-1906). Hypatia began studying painting around 1891 and later studied sculpture, probably at the Royal College of Art.
In the last decades of her life she lived in Trelights, a village in the parish of St Endellion, Cornwall. In the 1930s the parish church was undergoing major internal restoration and she designed and carved some of the new pew ends and also contributed a relief entitled 'Joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth', which was mounted on the west wall of the south aisle. It is not known if this was a new piece created specifically for St Endellion or one she had made earlier. These are probably amongst her last works. Hypatia died in Cornwall and was buried in the family grave in the Greek Orthodox section of West Norwood Cemetery.
This record includes information submitted by Jocelyn Bailey and from the family website http://www.agelastos.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I1527&tree=agelasto (accessed 1 August 2013).
Wealth at death: £54,032 10s. 8d.
Probate date: 8 October 1951
Locations
Address Gwel-Mor Trelights Bodmin | View on map
1951
Address 58 Lansdowne Road Didsbury | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Address 2 Clarendon Place London | View on map
1904 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1904
Exhibited once (portrait medallion, cat. no. 1714).
Personal and Professional Connections
Studied under Edouard Lanteri
See Forrer, vol. 5, (1912), p. 146, no dates are given.
Studied under George James Frampton
See Forrer, vol. 5, (1912), p. 146, no dates are given.
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume V, 1912 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a contemporary sculptor living in London. Member of the Society of Medallists and exhibited portrait medallions at their exhibitions. Exhibited a portrait medallion at the Royal Academy, London, in 1904. See Forrer, vol. 5, (1912), p. 146.
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor' working on own account at home
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
Class: RG13; Piece: 3669; Folio: 144; Page: 33
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Hypatia Rodocanachi Death Registration Month/Year: 1951 Age at death (estimated): 78 Registration district: Bodmin Inferred County: Cornwall Volume: 7a Page: 3
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Hypatia Rodocanachi
Probate Date: 8 Oct 1951
Death Date: 31 Jul 1951
Death Place: Bodmin
Registry: Bodmin
Citing this record
'Miss Hypatia Rodocanachi', 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=msib4_1239280408, accessed 25 Mar 2023]
