Artist of the day: Artist of the Day, June 17, 2026 : Jacqueline Diffring, a German-born British sculptor (#2555)

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Artist of the Day, June 17, 2026 : Jacqueline Diffring, a German-born British sculptor (#2555)

Jacqueline Diffring (1920 – 2020) was a German-British sculptor. She was also the sister of actor Anton Diffring.

Diffring was born in Koblenz, Germany. She began her artistic studies as a 17-year-old at the Reimann School in Berlin. Two years later, severe discrimination and reprisals by the national socialists made her migrate to the UK.

Diffring acquired British citizenship and graduated in fine arts at the Technical College in Cambridge in 1946. At Chelsea School of Art in London she studied sculpture with Willi Soukop and Mac William under Henry Moore. Having completed her education at London University, she worked as a teacher at Wisbech Grammar School. Since the early 1960s Jacqueline Diffring lived and worked in France.

In 2007 she launched a non-profit organization: The Jacqueline Diffring Foundation, dedicated to promoting art and culture, awarding a yearly €5000 prize to a young international sculptor.

Diffring turned 100 in February of 2020 and died in Châteauneuf Grasse, France.

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