Una Hanbury
American sculptor (1904–1990)
Una Hanbury (née Rawnsley), (October 8, 1904 – February 9, 1990) was an English-born American sculptor, best known for her bronze portraits of Georgia O'Keeffe, Rachel Carson, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and other noted figures of the twentieth century.
Early life and education
Hanbury was born Una Rawnsley on October 8, 1904, in the English town of Staines, the daughter of Noel Harwicke Rawnsley and Violet Hilton Cutbill Rawnsley. She grew up primarily in Kent. Her grandfather was Hardwicke Rawnsley. After graduation from London's Polytechnic School of Art, she studied for three years at the Royal Academy of Arts. Jacob Epstein was her most influential teacher.
Career
She left England during World War II with her young daughters, and in 1944 she worked at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C.
After taking time off for her family, Hanbury resumed her art career in the mid-1960s. She had one-person exhibitions at the Folger Shakespeare Library and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, in 1971. Hanley made sculptural portraits of Georgia O'Keeffe, Rachel Carson, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Hans Bethe, Enrico Fermi, Edward Teller, Buckminster Fuller, Richard Neutra, Isadora Duncan, Polingaysi, Frances Oldham Kelsey, and Andrés Segovia.
Personal life and legacy
In 1926, she married stockbroker Anthony H. R. C. Hanbury in London.
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