Bernard Meadows

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Bernard Meadows 1915 Norwich-2005 London. Modernist Sculptor.

1 Early Life
2 Career
3 Public Sculpture
4 References

[edit] Early Life

Educated at the City of Norwich School and Norwich School of Art. Became Henry Moore's first assistant.

[edit] Career

After service in the RAF in WW2 he found hard-won acclaim. His Elm figure for the 1951, Festival of Britain went to the Tate. He exhibited at the Venice Biennale a year later. He exhibited from New York to Tokyo 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 Cold War menace. But teaching commitments came at the expense of his own work. He returned to assist Moore from 1977 and continued to help his mentor's estate. He became Professor of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art London between 1960-1980.

[edit] Public Sculpture

His work entitled Public Sculpture a controversial assembly of stone blocks and balls of dripping and dimpled metal was commissioned for the Eastern Daily Press in 1968 at Prospect House, Norwich ^[1]. The sculpture is on permanent display outside the building together with prints and drawings in the Prospect House foyer. Also on display an illustrated panel telling the story of Bernard Meadows and Public Sculpture