First book to place the art of British sculptor Lynn Chadwick in its international context. Examines in particular the reception and promotion of Chadwick's sculpture in the United States. Richly illustrated. This is the first book to set the work of British sculptor Lynn Chadwick (1914-2003) in its international context. Chadwick, a leading figure in modern British art and celebrated for his innovative steel and bronze sculptures of abstracted, expressive figures and animals, always felt that his work was better understood abroad than in his native country. In this richly illustrated monograph, distinguished British scholar and writer Michael Bird, and eminent American art historian and curator Marin R. Sullivan chart the different phases of Chadwick's long career. They vividly locate his art within the wider narrative of European and American post-war sculpture. They examine in particular the reception and promotion of Chadwick's sculpture in the United States, and how a collection of some 140 of his works at the Berman Museum in rural Pennsylvania came to be.
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This is the first book to set the work of British sculptor Lynn Chadwick in its international context. Chadwick, a leading figure in modern British art and celebrated for his innovative steel and bronze sculptures of abstracted, expressive figures and animals, always felt that his work was better understood abroad than in his native country.
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Product details

ISBN
9783858818249
Published
2019-05-29
Publisher
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag; Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag
Height
300 mm
Width
240 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
232

Biographical note

Michael Bird is a British art historian and writer specialising in contemporary modern British art. He is a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Exeter. Marin R. Sullivan is a Chicago-based art historian and curator.