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Mary Alice Pownall [also known as Mary Pownall Bromet; and as Mra A. Bromet] was born in Leigh, Lancashire, England in 1862 [1]. She studied for a year in Frankfurt; six years in Paris, where she is thought to have trained with Rodin; and four years in Rome. She subsequently returned to England where she worked as a sculptor in plaster, marble and bronze. She exhibited frequently at the Royal Academy in London from 1997 to 1932. She also exhibited at the London Salon and the Society of Women Artists in London; Leeds City Art Gallery; the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists; Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts; Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool; Manchester City Art Gallery; Royal West of England Academy in Bristol; and at the Paris Salon.

Text source: Arts + Architecture Profiles from Art History Research net (AHRnet) https://www.arthistoryresearch.net/


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