MASTERPIECE SITTING FIGURES BY LONDON BASED ARTIST
Jan 28, 2015
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“SITTING FIGURE I” AND “SITTING FIGURE II”
Lynn Russell Chadwick's Sitting Figure I and Sitting Figure II. Stamped with the artist’s monogram, numbered 804S 5/9 and dated 82 (female figure); stamped with the artist’s monogram, numbered 805S 5/9 and dated 82 (male figure) Conceived in 1982 and cast in an edition of 9 Bronze Height 8 inches – 20.3 cms.
Lynn Russell Chadwick (24 November 1914 – 25 April 2003) was an English sculptor and artist best known for his semi-abstract bronze and steel sculptures. Chadwick’s work is in most major collections around the world, including MoMA in New York, the Tate Gallery in London and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
Chadwick was born in Barnes, London, and attended Merchant Taylors' School in Northwood. While there he expressed an interest in being an artist, though his art master suggested architecture was a more realistic option. Accordingly, Chadwick became a trainee draughtsman, working first at the offices of architects Donald Hamilton then Eugen Carl Kauffman and finally for Rodney Thomas. Chadwick took great inspiration from Thomas, whose interest in contemporary European architecture and design had a significant effect on his development. His training in architectural drawing was the only formal education he received as an artist.
He recalled: “What it taught me was how to compose things, a formal exercise in composition, really, it has nothing to do with the building it represents”.
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Written by: Orlagh McLaughlin (Editor - in - Chief)
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