Elizabeth Strachan Dempster ARSA
Born 1909
Died 1987
Active: 1935 - 1976
Country of birth and death: Scotland
Sculptor
Works
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St Bridget
1935
Alfred Ernest Warr 1899-1937
1937
Thought
1937
The denial
1939
Mother and child
1946
Cock
1946
Mors Janua vitae
1946
Housewives
1947
Black queen
1947
Bear
1949
St Cuthbert and the otters
1950
Jacob and the angel
1950
Maggie
1951
Locations
Address 20 Lansdowne Crescent Edinburgh | View on map
1935 (Circa) - 1937
Address 7 Eyre Terrace Edinburgh | View on map
1937 - 1946
Address 44 Moray Place Edinburgh | View on map
1946 - 1947
Studio located at Dean Studios Belford Road Edinburgh | View on map
1947
12a Deanpark Mews
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Ninth, 1935
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Eleventh, 1937
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twelfth, 1938
'A member of a committee'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Thirteenth, 1939
'The denial'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twentieth, 1946
'Mors Janua vitae'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-First, 1947
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-Third, 1949
'Bear'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-Fourth, 1950
'St Cuthbert and the otters'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-Fifth, 1951
'Maggie'
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected ARSA The Royal Scottish Academy
1960
Received award from The Royal Scottish Academy
1946
For 'Mors Janua Vitae'
Studied at The Edinburgh College of Art
1930 (Circa)
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominated by Thomas W. Whalen
1947
Studied under Alexander Carrick
1930 (Circa)
Studied under Norman John Forrest
1930 (Circa)
Studied with Thomas W. Whalen
1930 (Circa)
Studied with Scott Sutherland
1930 (Circa)
Studied with Hew Martin Lorimer
1933 (Circa)
Worked with Charles D'Orville Pilkington Jackson
For the Royal Scots memorial in Princes Street Gardens
Sources
The Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture
2004
p. 139
The Royal Scottish Academy Nomination Forms for Associateship Rank. 1942-1952
Citing this record
'Elizabeth Strachan Dempster ARSA', 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=msib6_1205852125, accessed 25 Mar 2023]