Anthea Priscilla Frederica Alley (nee Oswell, 5 January 1927 – 9 October 1993) was a British sculptor and artist.
She was born Anthea Priscilla Frederica Oswell in Seremban, Malaya on 5 January 1927.[1] She lived in Australia and South Africa during the Second World War.[2] In 1944 she moved to London with her family and studied painting at the Regent Street Polytechnic,[3] Chelsea College of Art and the Royal College of Art.[4] From 1957 she concentrated on sculpture art, producing welded pieces alongside assemblage paintings.[2] In 1960, Alley held her first one-person show at the Molton Gallery and in 1961 she received a John Moores Painting Prize.[4] [2]
She was married to Ronald Alley, Keeper of the Modern Collection at the Tate Gallery, London.[4]
She died in London on 9 October 1993.
Examples of her work is in the permanent collection of the Tate Gallery, the Arts Council and Birmingham Art Gallery.[3] [2]