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Armstrong was born into a Jewish family in Germany and moved to [[London]] in 1926.<ref name=”Lambirth”>{{cite book|author=Andrew Lambirth|publisher=Philip Wilson Publishers|year=2009|title=John Armstrong The Paintings|isbn=9780856676680}}</ref> In London she lived in a flat above a restaurant in [[Charlotte Street]] and for several years was in a relationship with [[Clive Bell]].<ref name=”Lambirth”/> After that relationship ended she met and, in 1932, married the British artist [[John Armstrong (artist)|John Armstrong]].<ref name=”Lambirth”/> Benita Armstrong studied under the Viennese sculptor [[Georg Ehrlich]] and was a frequent participant in group exhibitions in London and elsewhere as well as regularly having work included in the [[Royal Academy]] Summer Exhibitions.<ref name=”Spalding”>{{cite book|author=[[Frances Spalding]]|publisher=Antique Collectors’ Club|year=1990|title=20th Century Painters and Sculptors |isbn=1-85149-106-6}}</ref><ref name=”AWindsor”/> A solo exhibition of her work was held at the Drian Galleries in London in 1981.<ref name=”AWindsor”>{{cite book|author=Alan Windsor|publisher=Routledge|year=2003|title=British Sculptors of the Twentieth Century |isbn=1-85928-4566}}</ref><ref name=”Spalding”/> She and Armstrong separated and she eventually |
Armstrong was born into a Jewish family in Germany and moved to [[London]] in 1926.<ref name=”Lambirth”>{{cite book|author=Andrew Lambirth|publisher=Philip Wilson Publishers|year=2009|title=John Armstrong The Paintings|isbn=9780856676680}}</ref> In London she lived in a flat above a restaurant in [[Charlotte Street]] and for several years was in a relationship with [[Clive Bell]].<ref name=”Lambirth”/> After that relationship ended she met and, in 1932, married the British artist [[John Armstrong (artist)|John Armstrong]].<ref name=”Lambirth”/> Benita Armstrong studied under the Viennese sculptor [[Georg Ehrlich]] and was a frequent participant in group exhibitions in London and elsewhere as well as regularly having work included in the [[Royal Academy]] Summer Exhibitions.<ref name=”Spalding”>{{cite book|author=[[Frances Spalding]]|publisher=Antique Collectors’ Club|year=1990|title=20th Century Painters and Sculptors |isbn=1-85149-106-6}}</ref><ref name=”AWindsor”/> A solo exhibition of her work was held at the Drian Galleries in London in 1981.<ref name=”AWindsor”>{{cite book|author=Alan Windsor|publisher=Routledge|year=2003|title=British Sculptors of the Twentieth Century |isbn=1-85928-4566}}</ref><ref name=”Spalding”/> She and Armstrong separated and she eventually the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician [[George Russell Strauss]] she .<ref name=”TDalyell”>{{cite web |author=[[Tam Dalyell]]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-lord-strauss-1490546.html|title=Obituary: Lord Strauss|date=9 June 1993|accessdate=18 September 2019|work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> |
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British sculptor (1907–2004)
Benita Eleanora Armstrong, nee Benita Jaeger later The Lady Strauss, (1907–2004) was a British sculptor known for her bronze figurative work.
Armstrong was born into a Jewish family in Germany and moved to London in 1926.[1] In London she lived in a flat above a restaurant in Charlotte Street and for several years was in a relationship with Clive Bell.[1] After that relationship ended she met and, in 1932, married the British artist John Armstrong.[1] Benita Armstrong studied under the Viennese sculptor Georg Ehrlich and was a frequent participant in group exhibitions in London and elsewhere as well as regularly having work included in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions.[2][3] A solo exhibition of her work was held at the Drian Galleries in London in 1981.[3][2] She and Armstrong separated and she eventually went on to have two children with the Labour Party politician George Russell Strauss, whom she married following the death of Strauss’s first wife Patricia in 1987.[4]
