Lynn Chadwick
(1914-2003), SculptorLynn Russell Chadwick
Sitter in 17 portraits
Artist associated with 1 portrait
Chadwick was drawn towards the idea of being a sculptor after seeing the work of Jacob Epstein. On the advice of his parents, he began training to be an architect but part-way through his studies he decided against a career in architecture. After the war, during which he flew convoy planes, he began to create mobile sculptures to be used as features on exhibition stands. In 1952 he was brought to international attention when he took part in the seminal exhibition New Aspects of British Sculpture at the Venice Biennale alongside seven other young sculptors. The group's work was described by the critic Herbert Read as 'the geometry of fear,' a term which came to define Chadwick and his contemporaries.
by Chris Ware, for Keystone Press Agency Ltd
bromide press print, January 1951
NPG x184308
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1954
NPG x31626
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1954
NPG x88659
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1954
NPG x88660
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1954
NPG x88661
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1954
NPG x88662
(Charlotte) Ann Chadwick (née Secord); Bingham Wilson; Ida Kar; Lynn Chadwick
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1954
NPG x134078
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1954
NPG x139955
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1954
NPG x139956
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1954
NPG x200177
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1954
NPG x200178
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1954
NPG x200180
by Sandra Lousada
modern contact print of three 2 1/4 inch square film negatives, 1960
NPG x135642
by J.S. Lewinski
bromide print on card mount, 1964
NPG x13712
Lynn Chadwick; Daniel Chadwick
by Gered Mankowitz
chromogenic print, August 1992
NPG x137437
by Anne-Katrin Purkiss
bromide fibre print, September 1995
NPG x76881
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