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Emily Addis Fawcett (3 April 1852 – 13 June 1947) was an English sculptor, born in Kensington, London. She was the daughter of Walter Thomas Fawcett, a stockbroker,[1] and one of at least ten children in the family.[2]
Little is known of Emily’s life,[3] other than that she studied in London and Paris,[2] where she shared a studio with the French sculptor Camille Claudel, whom she met while they were both studying at the Academie Colarossi.[4] On her return to London, where she remained for the rest of her life, Emily was based for a time at Cheniston Gardens Studios. She worked as a sculptor from at least 1880 into the 1900s;[2] in the 1901 Census she gave her occupation as “ ’Sculptor’ working on own account”.[1]
Emily exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in London between 1883 and 1896, where she displayed works in terracotta, marble and bronze. She also exhibited at the Society of Women Artists in 1895, 1896 and 1908, at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, and the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris.[3]