Lynn Chadwick (1914 – 2003)
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BIRD III 1958 Lynn Chadwick (1914 – 2003) P394 © Estate of Lynn Chadwick. All rights reserved 2023 / Bridgeman Images
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DRAWING FOR SCULPTURE V 1961 Lynn Chadwick (1914 – 2003) P343 © Estate of Lynn Chadwick. All rights reserved 2023 / Bridgeman Images
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PAPER HAT 1959 Lynn Chadwick (1914 – 2003) P334 © Estate of Lynn Chadwick. All rights reserved 2023 / Bridgeman Images
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DRAWING FOR SCULPTURE I 1961 Lynn Chadwick (1914 – 2003) P339 © Estate of Lynn Chadwick. All rights reserved 2023 / Bridgeman Images
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TWO WINGED FIGURES - MAQUETTE IX 1974 Lynn Chadwick (1914 – 2003) P331 © Estate of Lynn Chadwick. All rights reserved 2023 / Bridgeman Images
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ENCOUNTER VI 1957 Lynn Chadwick (1914 – 2003) P287 © Estate of Lynn Chadwick. All rights reserved 2023 / Bridgeman Images
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BEAST XXII 1959 Lynn Chadwick (1914 – 2003) P337 © Estate of Lynn Chadwick. All rights reserved 2023 / Bridgeman Images
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WATCHER II 1959 Lynn Chadwick (1914 – 2003) P336 © Estate of Lynn Chadwick. All rights reserved 2023 / Bridgeman Images
Lynn Chadwick was born in London and trained as an architect. Following war service as a pilot with the Fleet Air Arm he began experimenting with sculpture in 1945 and held his first solo exhibition at Gimpel Fils, London in 1950. His work was shown at the 1952 and 1956 Venice Biennales and at the 1957 and 1962 São Paulo Bienals. In 1953 he was one of 12 semi-finalists for the Unknown Prisoner Competition, organised by the Institute of Contemporary Arts and shown at the Tate Gallery in London; he was awarded an honourable mention. He undertook many public commissions and in 1988 was invited by the Director of the XLIII Venice Biennale to contribute a bronze, Back to Venice to the International Sculpture Survey.
Lynn Chadwick made his first experiments in sculpture after serving as a pilot, and appropriately his earliest works were suspended constructions. These were followed by what the artist called ‘balanced sculptures’. The works were bow-legged ponderous structures, grouped by Herbert Read with works by Robert Adams, Kenneth Armitage and other sculptors shown at the 1952 Venice Biennale, under the title ‘Geometry of Fear’, and which won Chadwick the International Sculpture Prize. His work fell into three main archetypes: the tensed animal, the stranger flexed for flight and the watcher portrayed in a pictorial way on a non-monumental human scale, and asserted urgent emotional realities rather than an archetypal abstraction.
Glossary
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Abstraction
To abstract means to remove, and in the art sense it means that artist has removed or withheld references to an object, landscape or figure to produce a simplified or schematic work. This method of creating art has led to many critical theories; some theorists considered this the purest form of art: art for art’s sake. Unconcerned as it is with materiality, abstraction is often considered as representing the spiritual.
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Bronze
A metal alloy made from copper with up to two-thirds tin, often with other small amounts of other metals. Commonly used in casting. A work cast in bronze is sometimes referred to as 'a bronze'.
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Contemporary
Existing or coming into being at the same period; of today or of the present. The term that designates art being made today.
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Sculpture
A three-dimensional work of art. Such works may be carved, modelled, constructed, or cast. Sculptures can also be described as assemblage, in the round, relief, and made in a huge variety of media. Contemporary practice also includes live elements, as in Gilbert & George 'Living Sculpture' as well as broadcast work, radio or sound sculpture.
See in
- Ukraine, Kyiv, British Council Office
- Lithuania, Vilnius, Palace of Art
- Riga, Museum of Western European Art
- Estonia, Tallinn, Art Museum of Estonia
- Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta, Southern Alberta Art Gallery
- Canada, Red Deer, Alberta, Red Deer District Museum
- Canada, London, Ontario, Regional Art And Historical Museum
- Philippines, Manila, Metropolitan Museum
- New Zealand
- Cyprus, Heraklion, Heraklion
- Botswana, Gaborone, British Council Office - Gaborone
- Egypt, Cairo, Cairo
- Greece, Athens, British Council Office - Athens
- Yugoslavia, Sarajevo, Collegium Artisticum Gallery
- Turkey, Turkey
- Yugoslavia, Novi Sad, Novi Sad City Museum
- Slovenia, Ljubljana, Moderna Galerija
- Yugoslavia, Zagreb, Zagreb City Art Gallery
- Yugoslavia, Skopje, Museum Of Contemporary Art
- Yugoslavia, Belgrade, Museum Of Contemporary Art
- South Africa, South Africa
- Zimbabwe, Harare, National Gallery Of Zimbabwe
- Jordan, Amman, Jordan National Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/jubilee-exhibition-1980">JUBILEE EXHIBITION- Norway, Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/british-sculpture-1952-1962-1967">BRITISH SCULPTURE 1952-1962- Lebanon, Beirut, Dar El Fan
- Turkey, Ankara, British Council -Turco-British Association
- Egypt, Cairo, British Council Office - Cairo
- France, Amiens, Musee Des Beaux Arts
- France, Rouen, Musee Des Beaux-Arts
- France, Lille, Palais Des Beaux-Arts
- France, Forcalquier, Festival Des Quatre Reines
- France, Toulouse, Musee Des Augustins
- Norway, Tromso, Kunstforening
- Norway, Trondheim, Kunstforening
- Norway, Bergen, Kunstforeningen
- Norway, Stavanger, Stavanger Museum
- Ireland, Belfast, Belfast Museum And Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/drawings-by-four-british-sculptors-1969">DRAWINGS BY FOUR BRITISH SCULPTORS- Egypt, Cairo, The Fine Arts Gallery Bab El Louk
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/eight-british-sculptors-1969">EIGHT BRITISH SCULPTORS- Turkey, Istanbul, Opera House
- Lebanon, Beirut, Dar El Fan
- Turkey, Ankara, State Fine Arts Gallery
- Egypt, Cairo, Andalous Gardens
- United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/british-week-1968">BRITISH WEEK- Sweden, Stockholm, British Council Office - Stockholm
- France, Lille, British Council Office - Lille
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/festivals-of-toulouse-and-forcalquier-1968">FESTIVALS OF TOULOUSE AND FORCALQUIER- France, Toulouse, British Council Office - Toulouse
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/tulip-festival-1966">TULIP FESTIVAL- UK, Birmingham, Birmingham City Art Gallery: Cannon Hill
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/nine-living-british-sculptors-1965">NINE LIVING BRITISH SCULPTORS- India, Bombay, Jehangir Nicholson Museum of Modern Art, NCPA
- India, Madras, Rajaji Hall
- India, Calcutta, Lalit Kala Akademi
- India, New Delhi, Lalit Kala Akademi
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/lynn-chadwick-1961">LYNN CHADWICK- Finland, Finland
- Denmark, Aalborg, Kunstmuseum Nordjyllands
- Canada, Canada
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/profile-iii-englische-kunst-der-gegenwart-1964">PROFILE III ENGLISCHE KUNST DER GEGENWART- Germany, Bochum, Stadtische Kunstgalerie
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/7th-international-art-exhibition-1963">7TH INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION- Japan, Sendai, Fujisaki Department Store
- Japan, Nagoya, Nakamura Oriental Department Store
- Japan, Kumamoto, Tsuruya Department Store
- Japan, Sasebo, Central Civil House Of City
- Japan, Fukuoka, Daimaru Department Store
- Japan, Kagoshima, Kagoshima City Museum Of Art
- Japan, Yawata Museum Of Art
- Japan, Takamatsu, Takamatsu City Museum Of Art
- Japan, Osaka, Sogo Department Store
- Japan, Kyoto, Metropolitan Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/1961-sao-paulo-bienal-peter-lanyon-william-scott-lynn-chadwick-merlyn-evans-1961">1961 SAO PAULO BIENAL PETER LANYON, WILLIAM SCOTT, LYNN CHADWICK, MERLYN EVANS- Mexico, Mexico City, Salon De La Plastica Mexicana
- Venezuela, Caracas, Museo De Bellas Artes
- Peru, Lima, Instituto De Arte Contemporanea
- Chile, Santiago, Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes
- Argentina, Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes
- Brazil, Rio De Janeiro, Museu De Arte Contemporânea de Niterói (MAC)
- Brazil, Sao Paulo, Museu De Arte Moderna
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/recent-british-sculpture-1962">RECENT BRITISH SCULPTURE- Hong Kong, Hong Kong City Hall Art Gallery
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong City Museum And Art Gallery
- Japan, Kyoto, British Council Office - Kyoto
- Japan, Kyoto, The National Museum Of Modern Art
- Japan, Tokyo, Bridgestone Gallery
- Australia, Canberra, National Gallery
- Australia, Newcastle, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
- Australia, Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery
- Australia, Sydney, Art Gallery Of New South Wales
- Australia, Melbourne, National Gallery Of Victoria
- Australia, Launceston, Queen Victoria Art Gallery
- Australia, Hobart, Tasmanian Museum And Art Gallery
- Australia, Adelaide, Adelaide Festival
- Australia, Perth, Art Gallery Of Western Australia
- Australia, Canberra, Australian National Museum
- Australia, Adelaide, Art Gallery Of South Australia
- New Zealand, Christchurch, Canterbury Museum
- New Zealand, Dunedin, Otago Museum
- New Zealand, Wellington, Dominion Gallery
- New Zealand, Auckland, Aukland City Art Gallery
- Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Art Gallery
- Canada, London, Ontario, Regional Art And Historical Museum
- Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Art Gallery Of Ontario
- Canada, Regina, Saskatchewan, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina
- Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Canada, Québec, Montreal Museum Of Fine Arts
- Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, National Gallery Of Canada
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/1957-sao-paulo-bienal-ten-young-british-sculptors-1958">1957 SAO PAULO BIENAL - TEN YOUNG BRITISH SCULPTORS- Venezuela, Caracas, Museo De Bellas Artes
- Peru, Lima, Instituto De Artes Contemporaneas
- Brazil, Sao Paulo, Museu De Arte Moderna
- Chile, Santiago, Instituto De Artes Plasticas
- Uruguay, Montevideo, Museo De Arte Moderno
- Argentina, Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes
- Brazil, Rio De Janeiro, Museu De Arte Contemporânea de Niterói (MAC)