Frances Darlington

Frances Darlington
Darlington, in 1897
Born	Fanny Taplin Darlington (1880-02-03)3 February 1880 Headingley, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	5 September 1940(1940-09-05) (aged 60) Oxted, Surrey, England
Alma mater	Slade School of Art Royal College of Art Central School of Art and Design
Known for	Plaster relief panels bronze statuary
Notable work	Decorative Scheme, Harrogate Theatre Joseph Priestley statue, Birstall Stations of the Cross, St Wilfrid's Church, Harrogate
Movement	New Sculpture

Frances Darlington (3 February 1880 – 5 September 1940), born Fanny Taplin Darlington, was an English artist of the New Sculpture movement. In the early 20th century she created decorative panels, busts, garden statuary, medallions, group sculptures, and statuettes, in various materials including copper, bronze and painted plaster. She also designed a railway poster, featuring Ilkley.

She is known in Harrogate for her painted plaster relief panels, including her large frieze around the walls of the vestibule of Harrogate Theatre, and her Stations of the Cross in St Wilfrid's Church, Harrogate. A retrospective exhibition of her works, called Heavely Creatures, was held in Harrogate's Mercer Art Gallery in 2003 and 2004.