Helen Mary Coaton
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Helen Mary Coaton (1911–2005) was a British artist, known for her sculptures in both wood and stone.
Biography
Coaton was born in Leicester and was educated at the Wyggeston School for Girls in that city before studying for a history degree at Bristol University.{{cite book|author=Sara Gray|publisher=Dark River|year=2019|title= British Women Artists. A Biographical Dictionary of 1000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts |isbn=978-1-911121-63-3}} After graduating she enrolled in the Leicester College of Art where she was taught sculpture by Percy Brown from 1937 to 1942.{{cite book|author=David Buckman|publisher=Art Dictionaries Ltd|year=2006|title=Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L |isbn=0-953260-95-X}} In 1942 Coaton was awarded the Hinton Prize by the Leicester Society of Artists, of which she was an active member.{{cite book|author=James Mackay|publisher=Antique Collectors' Club|year=1977|title=The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze }}{{cite book|publisher=Editions Grund, Paris|year=2006|title=Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 3 Bulow-Cossin|isbn=2-7000-3073-7}} She was also a member of the Artists' International Association and frequently exhibited both wood, stone and bronze sculptures with both bodies. For a time Coaton lived in Chelmsford in Essex before moving to Surrey, where she died in 2005. The New Walk Museum in Leicester holds examples of her work.
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Category:20th-century British sculptors
Category:20th-century English women artists
Category:Alumni of the University of Bristol
Category:Alumni of De Montfort University
Category:Artists from Leicester