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Introduction
Josefina de Vasconcellos (1904–2005) was a Brazilian-British sculptor, trained in London, Paris and Florence. In 1944, she was one of the first women elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Sculptors, and she exhibited internationally throughout her lifetime. From the 1930s until her death at age 100, Josefina lived in the Lake District; first in a hillside cottage in Langdale valley, then later in a number of different apartment-studios in Ambleside. Much of Josefina’s sculptural work – which she created in bronze, plaster, resin and stone – concerned themes of religious conflict and resolution, displacement of refugees (particularly children), and…
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Artist’s Archive part 1
Cumbria archives hold 26 boxes of Josefina’s papers. They are big boxes – and filled up with folders, envelopes, albums and binders. It is the first task of this project to go through these pages and make lists: lists of sculptures, lists of locations where they might be found, lists of names and dates and curious mentions to come back to later. Lists of questions and mysteries – why is this here? Asking that question usually leads down some interesting rabbit holes, if not to answers. Each sculpture goes into a spreadsheet, and will be given a location on the…
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