Crouching Youth
May one see it?
Yes, on view now
Where is “Crouching Youth” now? Victoria and Albert Museum, Sculpture, Room 21, The Dorothy and Michael Hintze Galleries, London. Yes, on view now. Checked September 25, 2026.
London, United Kingdom
RoomSculpture, Room 21, The Dorothy and Michael Hintze Galleries
On public display.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
This bronze figure has a dark green patination. Winifred Turner was the daughter of the sculptor Alfred Turner (1874-1940). A major retrospective exhibition of their work was held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, in 1988, to which this piece was lent. Her sister Jessica donated Crouching Youth and a work by their father, Mother and Child, to the V&A. Jessica 'was content to assist her father', but Winifred attended the Royal Academy Schools in London between 1924 and 1929. She was elected Fellow and Associate of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1930; she exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1924 and 1962.
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This highly stylised figure reflects Turner's interest in ancient sculpture and also her passion for dance. The bronze has a green patina and smooth surface suggesting the sinuous forms of the young male body. Winifred Turner was primarily a modeller, unlike her father Alfred Turner, who also carved in stone.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- A.12-1981
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
