Robert Adams (sculptor)
Robert Adams (born October 5, 1917 in Northampton , Great Britain , † April 5, 1984 in Great Maplestead , Essex ) was a British sculptor , graphic artist and draftsman . He was one of the most important representatives of the British avant-garde of sculpture after the Second World War .
Robert Adams studied art at the Northampton School of Art in evening classes from 1937 to 1946 . During this time he financed his living with numerous jobs. In 1947 he had his first solo exhibition at the Gimpel Fils gallery in London , where he exhibited regularly in the 1950s. Adams was an important member of the post-war abstract art circle in England, which included Victor Pasmore , Kenneth Martin and Mary Martin , Adrian Heath , Roger Hilton , Terry Frost , Anthony Hill and William Scott , among others .
Adams gained international reputation as one of Britain's most important abstract sculptors, working with wood, brass and stone. From 1949 to 1961 he taught industrial design and sculpture at the Central School of Art and Design in London. Robert Adams had important solo exhibitions in the 1950s and 60s, including a .: Galerie Jeanne Boucher , Paris 1949, Douglas College , New Jersey 1955, Bertha Schaefer Gallery , New York City 1963.
His first retrospective took place in 1963 at the Ferens Art Gallery , Hull and the Hatton Gallery , Newcastle . Adams participated in numerous important international exhibitions, including the " First International Sculpture Exhibition ", Musée Rodin , Paris , 1955, " Ten Young British Sculptors " - Biennale of São Paulo , Brazil , 1955, the Venice Biennale in 1962 and at the documenta III in Kassel 1964 (posthumously also at the Documenta X 1997).
The most important retrospective of his work to date after his death (" Robert Adams: A Retrospective ") took place in 2003 at Gimpel Fils in London.
literature
- documenta III. International exhibition ; Catalog: Volume 1: Painting and Sculpture; Volume 2: Hand Drawings; Industrial design, graphics; Kassel / Cologne 1964
- (documenta 10 catalog): Politics - Poetics - the book on documenta X ; Kassel / Ostfildern 1997, ISBN 3-89322-909-4 (German) / ISBN 3-89322-911-6 (English)
- Grieve, Alastair: The Sculpture of Robert Adams ; London 1992
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adams, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British sculptor, printmaker and draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Northampton |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1984 |
| Place of death | Great Maplestead , Essex |