Ivan Mitford-Barberton
Born 1896
Died 1976
Active: 1947 - 1961
Country of birth and death: South Africa
Sculptor
Born Somerset, East Cape. Died Cape Town. Educated in Grahamstown, he moved with his parents to Kenya in 1912, where he encountered African and Arab subjects that later formed an important theme in his work. From 1923 Mitford-Barberton studied in London, possibly at the Royal College of Arts. He returned to Kenya in 1927 and set up a studio. He was an active member of the South African Society of Arts and completed a number of high profile architectural and monumental commissions in South Africa.
Institutional and Business Connections
Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1957 - 1961
Resigned c.1960-1
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1947 - 1961
Citing this record
'Ivan Mitford-Barberton', 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_1273849781, accessed 05 Jun 2023]
