Constance Mary Skinner (Mrs Pargeter)
Other names: née Skinner, Pargeter from her marriage in 1914
Born 1884
Died 1945 (Presumed)
Active: 1900
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in Camberwell, London. She was the daughter of Louisa E. Skinner who was born Dix, and was the daughter of an ironmonger. (Constance's father had died before 1891.) She studied at the Hammersmith School of Art between about 1900 and 1908. In 1900 she won a 'Junior Artisan Evening Exhibition', and Schools Art Scholarships in 1901 and 1903. In addition, Skinner won several medals in the National Art Competitions, including silver in 1904, bronze in 1905 and gold in 1908. A report in possession of the family from the 1908 competition reads:
"So high is the standard in the first named subject [modelling the human figure] that the examiners have given the unusual number of three gold medals, which have gone to Constance Skinner (Hammersmith), Jesse Riding (Liverpool), and Frederick J Wilkinson (Liverpool). Miss Skinner, who has twice won a silver medal, is the most accomplished and sensitive worker of the triad. Growing youth and soft palpitating flesh are admirably suggested in her work, and the lines of the figure have a natural rhythmic flow of much beauty..."
Skinner married in 1914 and exhibited under her married name of Pargeter after that. Her work was shown at the Royal Academy on six occasions between 1911 and 1932.
This record includes information submitted by Richard Pargeter.
Locations
Address 85 Addison Gardens Hammersmith London England | View on map
1901
Address 57 Church Street Kensington London England | View on map
1911 (Circa)
Address 39 Chepstow Villas Kensington London England | View on map
1919 (Circa)
Address 12 Kensington Park Road London England | View on map
1925 (Circa) - 1932 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1911 - 1932
Exhibited 6 times, seven works in all (medallion, statuettes, a relief and head)
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, 1861-1951
1929
Exhibited once, one work
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Art Student'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Artist (Sculptor)' working on own account at home (living with her older sister who was a violinist and vocalist).
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
Class: RG13; Piece: 49; Folio: 154; Page: 74
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN94 RG78PN4 RD2 SD1 ED8 SN133
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Constance M Pargeter
Birth Date: abt 1884
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1945
Age at Death: 61
Registration District: Weston-super-Mare
Inferred County: Somerset
Volume: 5c
Page: 468
Citing this record
'Constance Mary Skinner (Mrs Pargeter)', 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_1251193303, accessed 24 Sep 2023]
