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Edna Swithenbank Manley, OM (28 February 1900 – 9 February 1987) is considered one of the most important artists and arts educators in Jamaica. She was known primarily as a sculptor, although her oeuvre included significant drawings and paintings.
Mrs. Manley has played a major pioneering role in the history of 20th century Jamaican art. Her works are in private collections, galleries and public buildings worldwide. Since 1924 she exhibited in many one woman and group exhibitions mainly in London, the United States, the Caribbean and in Jamaica.
Biography. Edna Swithenbank Manley, OM (28 February 1900 – 9 February 1987) is considered one of the most important artists and arts educators in Jamaica. She was known primarily as a sculptor, although her oeuvre included significant drawings and paintings.
Discover and purchase Edna Manley’s artworks, available for sale. Browse our selection of paintings, prints, and sculptures by the artist, and find art you love.
- Female
- Jamaican
- Edna Manley
- 1960
Spanning a period of 67 years, it affords the op portunity of insight into Edna Manley's oeuvre, and through her work the birth and development of the Jamaican Art Movement. A total of 205 sculptures, paintings and drawings is on view.
Mar 15, 2014 · Edna, meanwhile, had two sons and continued working as an artist, often returning to England to exhibit and work. It is Manley’s work Negro Aroused (1935) that most powerfully captures the monumental forms of Egyptian sculpture and is also her best known work.
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10 AM - 6 PM. Central Pavilion. Admission with ticket. Edna Manley was a key forebear of Jamaican art history whose work aimed to ennoble the culture and people of her adopted homeland. Negro Aroused (1935), Manley’s most iconic sculpture, is emblematic of her political commitments during a vital period in Jamaican labour history.