Clifford load
Clifford Frank Last (* 1918 in Barrow-in-Furness , Cumbria , Great Britain , † 1991 in Melbourne , Australia ) was an Australian sculptor.
life and work
Clifford trained as a sculptor in England and emigrated to Australia after the Second World War . He continued his education at Melbourne Technical College . After a stay from 1950 to 1951, his works became abstract art . He used bronze , aluminum , slate and especially wood.
In 1953, Last met the sculptors Julius Kane , Inge King and Norma Redpath in Melbourne , who founded the Group of Four , which produced modern, abstract sculpture with geometric shapes.
Center Five group
The Center 5 Group adopted a five-point plan in 1967, which was presented during their meetings. This group of the Victorian Sculptors Society included Clifford Last, Inge King, Norma Redpath, Vincas Jomantas , Teisutis Zikaras , Julius Kane, and Lenton Parr . One of the five points of this plan was that the sculptors' contact with the public should be broadened and the understanding of art expanded. Another concern of this group was that group exhibitions of the sculptors should take place. When they left the Victorian Sculptors Society, their group exhibitions were viewed as competing events and this created a deep division of the local sculpting community. The first group exhibitions of this kind took place in 1963, 1964 and 1965. In 1974 and 1984 works by these sculptors were also presented as an exhibition by the Center Five group.
Others
Clifford Last was the son of Nella Last, a war diary writer who is portrayed in Housewife 49 by British actress Victoria Wood . The drama was broadcast on November 10, 2006 on ITV television and received the 2007 British Academy Television Awards , better known as the BAFTA Television Awards .
literature
- Max Dimmack: Clifford Last , Hawthorn Press (1972), Melbourne.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A History of the Association of Sculptors of Victoria Inc. (1932-2002) on sculptoria.asn.au . Retrieved August 25, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Last, Clifford |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Last, Clifford Frank (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English-Australian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barrow-in-Furness , Cumbria , UK |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1991 |
| Place of death | Melbourne , Australia |