Lynn Chadwick
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)
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The Treasure House Fair
Royal Hospital Chelsea 22 - 26 Jun 2023 Art FairPiano Nobile Stand 202 Royal Hospital Chelsea The Treasure House Fair is a celebration of outstanding and rare art and antiques. Held at The Royal Hospital Chelsea the fair continues...Read more -
British Art Fair
Saatchi Gallery 29 Sep - 2 Oct 2022 Art FairStaged at the notorious Saatchi Gallery the British Art Fair offers an unrivalled opportunity to view modern and contemporary British Art. For 2022, Piano Nobile's display will include a range...Read more -
Masterpiece
Online Viewing Room 23 - 27 Jun 2021Piano Nobile is pleased to be participating in Masterpiece Online 2021. A selection of outstanding work by twentieth-century British artists will be highlighted, including paintings, sculpture and drawings by Leon...Read more -
Defining British Art
1910 - 2000 17 May - 23 Jul 2021Piano Nobile is pleased to present ninety years of British art. This exhibition reviews the major creative outbursts in twentieth-century Britain, with paintings, sculptures, ceramics and textiles made by four...Read more -
British Art Fair 2018
Saatchi Gallery 20 - 23 Sep 2018 Art FairSTAND 16 Piano Nobile is delighted to be exhibiting at the British Art Fair, previously known as the 20/21 British Art Fair. The fair returns for its 30th Anniversary in...Read more -
20/21 British Art Fair 2017
St. James's, London 13 - 17 Sep 2017 Art FairPiano Nobile is delighted to be returning to the 20/21 British Art Fair 2017, which runs from Wednesday 13 - Sunday 18 September.Read more -
Masterpiece 2017
The Royal Hospital, Chelsea 27 Jun - 5 Jul 2017 Art FairStand D19 Piano Nobile is pleased to be returning to Masterpiece for 2017. London's leading arts and antiques fair will be at The Royal Hospital Chelsea from 29 June until...Read more -
London Art Fair 2017
Stand 7 17 - 22 Jan 2017 Art FairPiano Nobile will be exhibition at the London Art Fair 2017 at the Business Design Centre in January. Showcasing Modern British art, Modern British painting and Modern British sculpture for sale.Read more
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InSight No. 113
Lynn Chadwick | Iron Composition November 9, 2022British art of the 1950s was ruled by twisted forms and an angst-ridden mood. The idiomorphic sculptures of Lynn Chadwick helped to define their era....Read more -
InSight No. 109
Lynn Chadwick | Beast VII September 8, 2022Like many artists of his generation, the sculptor Lynn Chadwick instilled his work with a mood of trauma and struggle. His depiction of wild animals...Read more