Biography

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Lynn Chadwick (1914 - 2003)

Sculptor in metal, born in London. He is noted for his mobiles and for abstract shapes, dancing children and waiting and watching figures. After education at Merchant Taylors’ School, although Chadwick wanted to become a sculptor, his family persuaded him to enter an architect’s office, and he stayed an architectural draughtsman until World War II, when he became a Fleet Air Arm pilot. Working with the architect Rodney Thomas after the war Chadwick began experimenting with mobiles, partly inspired by the work of Alexander Calder. First showed at LG in 1950, in that year having initial one-man show at Gimpel Fils. Gained a national prize in The Unknown Political Prisoner competition in 1953; won International Sculpture Prize at Venice Biennale, 1956; and first prize at Concorso Internazionale del Bronzetto, in Padua, 1959.

 

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)

 

Works
  • pair of bronze figure sculptures by Lynn Chadwick
    Pair of Sitting Figures VIII, 1975
  • Lynn Chadwick, Iron Composition, 1954
    Iron Composition, 1954
  • Lynn Chadwick, Maquette VIII Two Winged Figures, 1973
    Maquette VIII Two Winged Figures, 1973
  • Lynn Chadwick, Seated Figure I, 1973
    Seated Figure I, 1973
  • Lynn Chadwick, Winged Figures II, 1975
    Winged Figures II, 1975
  • Lynn Chadwick, Three Sitting Figures, 1976
    Three Sitting Figures, 1976
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