Bernard Meadows
Bernard Meadows (born February 19, 1915 in Norwich , † January 12, 2005 in London ) was an English sculptor .
Meadows took painting lessons at the Norwich School of Art from 1934 to 1936. In 1937 he moved to London and began studying at the London Institute of Education and the Courtauld Institute of Art. In 1938 he enrolled in painting and sculpture at the Royal College of Kind a.
In the years 1936 to 1939 and 1946 to 1948 Meadows was active in each summer as an assistant in Henry Moore 's studio . After serving in the Royal Air Force from 1941 to 1946 (mainly in India and Ceylon ), he completed his studies at the Royal College of Art from 1946 to 1948.
In 1956, Meadows won a government scholarship in Italy . From 1948 to 1960 he was a teacher at the Chelsea School of Art . In 1960 he was awarded an International Prize for Drawing and Graphics in Lugano ( Switzerland ).
From 1960 until his retirement in 1980, Meadows was professor of sculpture at the Royal College of Art. From 1983 to 1988 he was director of the "Henry Moore Foundation".
Exhibitions
- 1952: Participation in the Venice Biennale , in the British pavilion with Robert Adams , Kenneth Armitage , Reg Butler , Lynn Chadwick , Eduardo Paolozzi and William Turnbull
- 1936: International Surrealist Exhibition, New Burlington Galleries, London
- 1958: World Exhibition Expo '58 in Brussels
- 1959: Participant in documenta 2 in Kassel ; Carnegie International Exhibition, Pittsburgh (also 1961)
- 1964: 1954–64: Painting and Sculpture of a Decade , Tate Gallery , London
- 1965: British Sculpture in the Sixties , Tate Gallery, London
- from 1957 to 1967: Solo exhibitions at "Gimpel Fils", London
- 1981: British Sculpture in the Twentieth Century , Whitechapel Art Gallery , London
- 2002: Henry Moore and the Geometry of Fear , James Hyman Fine Art, London
literature
- WJ Strachan: The Sculptor and his Drawings 2. Bernard Meadows. In: Connoisseur. Vol. 185, No. 746, April 1974.
- Alan Bowness: Bernard Meadows: Sculpture and Drawings. Much Hadham and London 1995.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meadows, Bernard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Norwich |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 2005 |
| Place of death | London |