Hetta Empson

Hetta Empson
Born
Hester Henrietta (Hetta) Crouse

(1915-09-18)18 September 1915
Kroonstad, South Africa
Died22 December 1996(1996-12-22) (aged 81)
Known forSculpture
SpouseWilliam Empson (from the 1940s until his death in 1984)

Hester Henrietta (Hetta) Crouse Empson (19151996) was a South African sculptor. She was described as a "sculptor, political activist, adventurer and socialite" in her obituary in the Times. She and her husband William Empson were involved in the London bohemian group that included George Orwell, Louis MacNeice, Jill Neville, Fay Weldon, Lewis Wolpert and Kathleen Raine.