at a political demonstration for
André Stil, 1952 Elizabeth Shaw was born in
Belfast, Ireland in 1920. In 1933, she moved to England with her family. From 1938 to 1940, she studied under
Henry Moore and
Graham Sutherland at the
Chelsea College of Art and Design in London. In 1940, she contributed to the
war effort by working as a mechanic until 1944, when she married Swiss-born sculptor and painter
René Graetz. In 1946, they moved to
Berlin-Zehlendorf, Germany. Shaw died 1992 in Berlin-Pankow. == Awards and honours ==