Sir Eduardo Paolozzi
(1924-2005), Sculptor and graphic artistSir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi
Sitter in 25 portraits
Artist of 14 portraits
Sculptor. Born to Italian parents in Leith, Paolozzi studied at both the Edinburgh College, and Slade School of Art between the years 1943-7. In 1952, after spending several years working in Paris, Paolozzi was one of the founding members of the Independent Group in London. This lead to his inclusion in the exhibition This is Tomorrow at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1956. Paolozzi's use of collage and imagery, derived from comic strips, advertising and industrial machinery, is closely associated with the formation of Pop Art in London in the 1950s. He also designed the mosaic installed on the walls of Tottenham Court Road Underground Station (1983-5).
Explore Sir Eduardo Paolozzi's self-portrait (NPG 5952) from all angles | the portrait of Sir Richard Rogers by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (NPG 6021) from all angles
by Harry Diamond
gelatin silver print, July 1975
NPG x4116
by Frank Thurston
toned bromide print, 1988
NPG x88683
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi; Anna Paolozzi
by Emily Andersen
chromogenic print, 1998
NPG x125845
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi ('The Artist as Hephaestus')
by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi
etching, 1987
NPG D39527
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