Lynn Chadwick was born in London in 1914. He worked as a draughtsman in architectural practice and served as a pilot in the Second World War. After the war, he resumed architectural work and also worked as a designer of textiles and furniture. His earliest sculpture consisted of mobiles made from various metals. Throughout the 1950s Chadwick made free-standing figurative and animal forms, often in anguished postures. Many of his sculptures were cast in bronze but he also developed innovative methods of combining iron and ‘composition’. In the 1960s he explored more abstract forms but later returned to figurative work. His work first attracted international acclaim when it was shown at the Venice Biennale in 1952. His awards include International Sculpture Prize at the Venice Biennale in 1956 and 1st prize at the Concorso Internazionale del Bronzetto in Padua in 1959. He was awarded a C.B.E. in 1964 and Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1985. His commissions include Fisheater for the Arts Council of Great Britain, works for the Festival of Britain Southbank site and The Watchers for Alton Estate, London. Chadwick has had solo shows at Gimpel Fils and Galerie Daniel Cordier in Paris and […]