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in 1968 at Prospect House, Norwich. It was Grade II Listed in 2018 and restored by its current owners, Alan Boswell Group, in 2022. The sculpture is on permanent display outside the building alongside an illustrated panel telling the story of Bernard Meadows and
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held a retrospective exhibition of Meadows’ work for his 80th birthday in 1995, with a second retrospective at Gimpel Fils in London, the first exhibitions of his works for 15 years. His most famous work is probably
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and produced a stream of public and private art in Britain and beyond. His edgy pieces often based on animals and seemingly carved from shrapnel could imply
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from 1977, after Moore's health started to fail, and continued to help his mentor's estate after Moore's death in 1986, becoming an acting director of the
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school, a loose-knit group of British sculptors whose prominence was established at the 1952
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He married Marjorie Winifred Payne in 1939. They had two daughters. He died in London.
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from 1948, and was Professor of Sculpture from 1960 to 1980, where his students included
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He returned to Moore's studio after the war, and helped Moore with his marble sculpture
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from 1937, assisting Moore in his new studio at Hampstead, and studied at the
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Teaching commitments took precedence over his own work. He taught at the
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in 1957, with four more in the decade to 1967. He also exhibited at the
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a year later, alongside a new generation of British sculptors, including
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for 20 years; and returned to assist Moore again in his last years.
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in Kassel in 1959, and the 1964 Venice Biennale. He exhibited from
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figure was exhibited in the open air sculpture exhibition at
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in 1941, he withdrew his objection. He was called up to the
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Churchill College, Cambridge
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Henry Moore
Geometry of Fear
Venice Biennale
Royal College of Art
Norwich
City of Norwich School
Norwich School of Art
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Surrealist
Chalk Farm
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Courtauld Institute
Second World War
conscientious objector
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