Ronald Moody

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Ronald Moody (born August 12, 1900 in Kingston , † February 6, 1984 in London ) was a Jamaican sculptor. He spent most of his life in England.

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life and work

Ronald Clive Moody was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1900 and attended Calabar High School there. At the age of 23 he began studying dentistry at King's College London with clinical training at the Royal Dental Hospital. He began to be increasingly interested in philosophy, with particular interest in the philosophy of China and India. In his spare time he started sculpting in wood. The works Wohin (1934) were created, named after a song from Franz Schubert's Die Schöne Müllerin , Johanaan (1936) and Tacet (1938). His works were received with great interest in Europe. His first solo exhibition was held in 1937 by the Billet Gallery in Paris. This was followed the next year by an exhibition at the Kunszaal van Lier in Amsterdam and three group exhibitions in Paris between 1938 and 1940. In 1938 Moody married Helene Cowan, and the two moved to Paris to start a life as an artist. Two days before the German troops occupied Paris, both fled by train to Orléans and then continued on foot to Marseille. While his wife was able to return directly to England, he had to make multiple attempts across the Pyrenees to Spain and from there to England.

After the war he started working with different materials like concrete, fiberglass and wax. From 1947 he exhibited in London and joined the Society of Portrait Sculpture in 1953. At the same time he began his engagement as a television editor and worked for new TV formats at the BBC such as B. Calling the West Indies , Letter from London , Caribbean Survey, and West Indian Diary . He was also writing articles and reviews for English magazines at the time, and was working on a book of traditional African Fulani stories. In the 1960s, Moody began to deal more intensively with his Jamaican homeland in his work. In 1964 he was commissioned to create a sculpture for the Kingston MONA campus of the University of the West Indies. The result was the sculpture Savacou , which represents a mythical Caribbean bird figure. In 1967 he joined the Caribbean Artist Movement, which saw itself to represent the interests of the Caribbean community in London, which was growing rapidly at this time. His works are u. a. Exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery London, the Tate Britain Gallery, the National Gallery of Jamaica and the Leicester Museum and Art Gallery.

Awards

In 1977 Ronald Moody was awarded the highest honor by the Institute of Jamaica, the Musgrave Medal in Gold.

Moody crater on Mercury is named after Ronald Clive Moody.

Works

  • Where to , 1934.
  • Johanaan (Peace), 1936, Tate Britain.
  • Midonz (goddess of transmutation) , 1937.
  • Tacet (silent), 1938, National Gallery of Jamaica.
  • Sleeper Mask , 1943.
  • Dr. Harold Moody , 1946.
  • Savacou , 1964.
  • Time Hiroshima , 1967.
  • Paul Robeson , 1968.

literature

  • Norman Rae: Exhibition catalog "Remembrance". Issued by the Jamaican High Commission and Commonwealth Institute, August 31 - September 25, 1983.
  • Jamaica Gleaner: Gold Musgrave for Ronald Moody . In: Art + Culture, January 24, 1978.
  • Dawn Ritch: An Evening with Ronald Moody . In: Jamaica Journal, Vol. 6 (1972), No. 3, pp. 65-66 ( online ).

Web links

Commons : Ronald Moody  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Norman Rae
  2. ↑ Jamaica Gleaner
personal data
SURNAME Moody, Ronald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moody, Ronald Clive
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jamaican sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingston (Jamaica)
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1984
Place of death London