Theresa Thorncycroft | |
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Born | 1853 |
Died | 1947 |
Nationality | English |
Occupation | Sculptor Painter |
Spouse(s) | Alfred Ezra Sassoon |
Parent(s) |
Thomas Thornycroft Mary Francis |
Theresa Thornycroft (1853 – July 1947) was an English sculptor and painter.
Theresa was a member of the Thornycroft family. Her father was Thomas Thornycroft (1815–1885) and her mother, Mary Francis (1814–1895). Her brother Sir Hamo Thornycroft RA, sisters Alyce Thornycroft and Helen Thornycroft were all artists, while her brother Sir John Isaac Thornycroft was the founder of the Thornycroft shipbuilding company.
A gifted artist, she exhibited her paintings at the Royal Academy of Arts in London before she turned twenty-two.
She married Alfred Ezra Sassoon (1861–1895) of the Jewish Sassoon family. Because she was Anglo-Catholic, he was disinherited by the Sassoon family for marrying her. They had three sons:
After they separated, she continued to live in the village of Matfield in Kent, and was immortalised in the memoirs of her son Siegfried.