Hubert Cyril Dalwood (2 June 1924 – 2 November 1976) was a British sculptor. He was widely known as 'Nibs'.

Life

Dalwood was born on 2 June 1924 at 78 Whiteladies Road, Clifton,

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. He was apprenticed to the Bristol Aeroplane Company (1940–44), and attended the Bristol School of Art part-time. After

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in the

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, he studied at

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. He was a teacher of sculpture at several institutions over the years. In 1956 he was one of the first members of the 56 Group Wales. He married Mary Nicolson and they had two daughters. They divorced in 1963 and he married Caroline Gaunt with whom he had two sons. They divorced in 1974. He died 2 November 1976 in

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, London.

Artwork

Hubert Dalwood Relief Bodington Hall 2009

In 1959 he won first prize at the John Moores exhibition in Liverpool for his ovoid ''Large Object'' and won the David Bright prize at the 1962

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. From 1959 to 1962 he was engaged on a commission to construct a large cast aluminium relief mural (6.4 x 6.1 m) for the new Bodington Hall student accommodation complex at the

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. The significance of this work was considered such that the building was scheduled Grade II listed on grounds that he was a leading sculptor; it represented his first large scale output in his great period, and its high aesthetic quality. When the Hall was demolished, the mural was transferred to another University of Leeds building.

Selected works

Leicester Haymarket Theatre Metal Tree Sculpture

*Standing Draped Figure 1954 *Lucca 1958 *Large Object 1959 *O.A.S. Assassins 1962 *Maquette for 'Arbor' 1971 *The Metal Tree, Haymarket Centre and

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, Belgrave Gate, Leicester, Leicestershire. 1974.

Bibliography

*''The Sculpture of Hubert Dalwood'' by Chris Stephens (1999) published: The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries .

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dalwood, Hubert 1924 births 1976 deaths 20th-century British sculptors 20th-century English male artists Academics of Leeds Arts University Academics of the Central School of Art and Design Artists from Bristol Associates of the Royal Academy English male sculptors Geometry of Fear Members of the 56 Group Wales Royal Navy sailors