Ursula Hanes

Born in Canada in 1932, Ursula was educated primarily in Cambridge, England where
she obtained the Diploma of Arts and Crafts at the Cambridge School of Art which
qualified her to teach. But, deciding to specialize in sculpture, she continued her studies at
St. Martin's School in London, then at the Art Students League and Columbia University
in New York before returning to Europe for a year of work in Italy based at the British
School in Rome.

Quickly recognized for her monumental sculpture and her portrait busts upon her
return to Toronto, Ursula was elected to the Sculpture Society of Canada (later serving as
president of the organization) and the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts.

Major influences in her life were sculptors William Zorach of New York, and Henry
Moore, with whom she remained in contact until the end of his life.

A yearning for travel has given her vast experience throughout North America, North
and West Africa, and Europe where she now makes her home in the village of Aureille
near Arles in the south of France.

URSULA is a co- founder of the ATELIERS FOUR WINDS.

Ursula Hanes in print