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 Most exhibitions in: |
| Country |
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| United Kingdom | 15 |
| USA | 12 |
| Germany | 6 |
| Italy | 2 |
| Most exhibitions held at: |
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OSBORNE SAMUEL, United Kingdom |
6 |
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Documenta, Germany |
3 |
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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, USA |
3 |
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Tobey C. Moss Gallery, USA |
2 |
Biography: 
24.11.1914 Born in London-Barnes, England (UK)
Lynn Chadwick attended the Merchant Taylors' School, and after taking his School Certificate stayed on to study drawing, watercolour and oil painting. He was then sent to Vouvray to study French. From 1933 to 1939 he worked as an architectural draughtsman in London, then spent some time as a farm labourer before volunteering for the Fleet Air Arm and gaining a commission (1941-44).
After the war he produced textile, furniture and architectural designs, and his first mobile sculpture constructed from aluminium and balsa wood was shown at a Building Trades Exhibition in 1947. He began to make sculpture, and had his first exhibition with Gimpel Fils in London in 1950. In 1953 he was one of the twelve semifinalists for the Unknown Political Prisoner International Sculpture Competition, in which he was awarded an honourable mention and prize. By 1956 his reputation as a sculptor was confirmed internationally when he won the International Prize for Sculpture at the XXVIII Venice Biennale in 1956. More prizes and accolades followed as his career developed, including being awarded the CBE in 1964.
His approach to sculpture is based in construction rather than modelling. Chadwick first makes a linear armature or skeleton on to which he applies a skin, building up the surface to a solid form. Earlier works featured a textured finish, but his latest pieces have a smoother, more refined surface, and geometry has replaced more organic form. His subject-matter ranges from the human form, abstracted but readily recognised, to animals - general types rather than specific creatures.
Chadwick has created a permanent exhibition of his work at his Gloucestershire home, Lypiatt Park, close to Pangolin Editions, the foundry which casts most of his work, from monumental bronzes to miniatures in silver.
1933 - 1939 Trained and worked as an architectural draughtsman in London
1940 - 1941 Worked as a farm labourer
1947 Moved from London to Gloucestershire and began to make mobiles
1947 First mobile of aluminum and balsa wood shown at the Aluminum Development Stand at the Builders' Trades Exhibition
1947 - 1954 Produced textile, furniture and architectural designs
1950 First solo exhibition at Gimpels Fils Gallery, London
1956 XXVIII Venice Biennale exhibition, won the International Sculpture Prize
1964 Awarded CBE
2003 Died
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Public exhibitions 39
Solo shows 4
2006
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| Lynn Chadwick - Book Launch and Exhibition - OSBORNE SAMUEL, London (England) |
2004
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| Lynn Chadwick - Sculpture - OSBORNE SAMUEL, London (England) |
2003
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| Lynn Chadwick - Tate Britain, London (England) |
1998
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| Lynn Chadwick: Maquettes, Drawings, and Prints - Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS |
Group shows 35
2009
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| Geometry of Fear - Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum - Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa (England) |
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| The Scuptor's Hand - Tasende Gallery - La Jolla, La Jolla, CA |
2008
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| Geometry of fear - Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, Cheltenham Spa, Gloucestershire (England) |
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| The Secret Garden @ Iveagh Gardens - Solomon Gallery, Dublin |
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| Modern and Contemporary Art - OSBORNE SAMUEL, London (England) |
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| Skulpturen im Blickpunkt - Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim |
2007
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| Strange Events Permit Themselves the Luxury of Occurring - Camden Arts Centre, London (England) |
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| Good Form: The Goldschmidt Collection of (small scale) Sculpture - Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art - SMoCA, Scottsdale, AZ |
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| Match Race - Modernistic remixes between now and then - KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg (former Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum), Aalborg |
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| Summer Exhibition - Marlborough London, London (England) |
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| Modern British Sculpture from the Arts Council Collection 1913-1966 - Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art - MIMA, Middlesbrough (England) |
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| Per una storia della pittura #2 – Da Klein a oggi - Galleria Blu, Milan |
2006
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| 60th Anniversary Show - Gimpel Fils, London (England) |
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| Process of Abstraction - Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL |
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| Sculptors on Paper - Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Recent aquisitions - Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL |
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| Print: Modern British,International and Contemporary - OSBORNE SAMUEL, London (England) |
2005
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| 20th CENTURY BRITISH ART - OSBORNE SAMUEL, London (England) |
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| Mixed Exhibition of Sculpture, Painting and Prints - OSBORNE SAMUEL, London (England) |
2004
2003
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| 20th Century British Art 2003 - Scolar Fine Art, London (England) |
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| SCULPTORS IN PRINT - Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
2002
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| Exemplum del disegno europeo del Novecento - Galleria Open Art, Prato |
1999
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| Carved, Modeled, Assembled, Welded, Drawn - Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY |
1998
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| Artists of Fame and Promise - Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (England) |
1965
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| Personal Choice: Paintings and Sculpture from Houston Private Collections - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1964
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| Paintings and Sculptures from the Collection of Mr. And Mrs. Ted Weiner - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
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| documenta 3 - Documenta, Kassel |
1959
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| documenta 2 - Documenta, Kassel |
1957
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| Irons in the Fire: An Exhibition of Metal Sculpture - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1955
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| documenta 1 - Documenta, Kassel |
| Dealer Directory 30 |
Canada
| | Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
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| | Landau Fine Art Inc., Montreal, QC
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| | Miriam Shiell Fine Art, Toronto, ON
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| | Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
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France
Germany
| | Galerie Rothe, Frankfurt/Main
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Italy
Liechtenstein
| | Galerie am Lindenplatz AG, Vaduz
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Netherlands
| | Frans Jacobs Fine Art, Amsterdam
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United Kingdom
| | Gallery Pangolin, Chalford (England)
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| | Cass Sculpture Foundation, Chichester, West Sussex (England)
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| | Jonathan Clark, London (England)
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| | Connaught Brown, London (England)
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| | Grosvenor Gallery, London (England)
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| | Dominic Guerrini Fine Art, London (England)
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| | Gwen Hughes - Modern British Art, London (England)
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| | Robin Katz Fine Art, London (England)
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| | OSBORNE SAMUEL, London (England)
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| | Scolar Fine Art, London (England)
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USA
| | Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
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| | Tasende Gallery - La Jolla, La Jolla, CA
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| | Evelyn Aimis Fine Art, Miami, FL
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| | Richard Gray Gallery - New York, New York City, NY
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| | Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
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| | Pascal de Sarthe Fine Art, Paradise Valley, AZ
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| | Tasende Gallery - West Hollywood, West Hollywood, CA
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Venezuela
Public collections 17
Canada
| | National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON
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Denmark
| | KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg (former Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum), Aalborg
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Germany
| | Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen
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| | Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
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Ireland (Republic)
| | Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin
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Italy
| | Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna Spoleto, Spoleto
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| | Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
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Japan
| | Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu City
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Netherlands
| | Kröller-Müller museum, Otterlo
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Portugal
| | Berardo Museum - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon
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United Kingdom
| | Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, Birmingham (England)
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| | National Museum Cardiff, Cardiff (Wales)
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| | Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, Cheltenham Spa, Gloucestershire (England)
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| | Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds (England)
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| | Tate Britain, London (England)
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| | Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (England)
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| | New Art Centre, Salisbury (England)
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Catalogs
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