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Raymond Elston
Raymond Elston was a British textile designer, furniture designer and abstract artist. He was influenced by abstract expressionism and modernist principles and is remembered for his early work with the fashion and furniture designer Terence Conran, and for the mobiles he exhibited in the early 1950s with the Constructionist Group. Early life and education Little is known of Elston's early life. He attended the Central School of Arts and Crafts between 1948 and 1951. Victor Pasmore taught there during this period, during which Elston got to know Anthony Hill and Terence Conran. Career and artistic style In 1951 Elston, "a trained fashion designer", worked with Terence Conran, making denim clothes for the Lancashire-based textiles company David Whitehead Ltd, as well as making wood and metal furniture with Conran and Gill Pickles. He shared lodgings in Sloane Court West with syntactic artist Anthony Hill, after Conran had moved out. In 1964, Elston was designing interior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence Conran
Sir Terence Orby Conran (4 October 1931 – 12 September 2020) was a British designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer. He founded the Design Museum in Shad Thames, London in 1989. The British designer Thomas Heatherwick said that Conran "moved Britain forward to make it an influence around the world." Edward Barber, from the British design team Barber & Osgerby, described Conran as "the most passionate man in Britain when it comes to design, and his central idea has always been 'Design is there to improve your life.'" The satirist Craig Brown once joked that before Conran "there were no chairs and no France." Early life Conran was born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, the son of Christina Mabel Joan Conran (née Halstead, d.1968) and South African-born Gerard Rupert Conran (d.1986), a businessman who owned a rubber importation company in East London. Conran was educated at Highfield School in Liphook, Bryanston School in Dorset and the Central School of Art and Design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constructionist Group
The British Constructivists, also called the Constructionist Group, or Constructionists, were an informally constituted group of British artists, working in a ''constructivist'' mode, with no formal membership or manifesto. The groups most active period was between 1951 and 1955, when its members exhibited in ten London exhibitions, produced two broadsheets and were involved in the publication of two books on abstract art. Alastair Grieve's book ''Constructed Abstract Art in England: a neglected avant-garde'' is the first to examine the work of this group in detail, followed by Alan Fowler's PhD thesis ''Constructivist Art in Britain 1913 – 2005''. Membership The core members of the Constructionist Group were: * Victor Pasmore (1908–1998) *Mary Martin (1907–1969) * Kenneth Martin (1905–1984) * Anthony Hill (1930–2020) *Adrian Heath (1920–1992) * Robert Adams (1917–1984) Milieu At first, Constructivism "promoted the synthesis of painting, sculpture and architect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central School Of Art And Design
The Central School of Art and Design was a school of fine and applied arts in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1896 by the London County Council as the Central School of Arts and Crafts. History The Central School of Arts and Crafts was established in 1896 by the London County Council. It grew directly from the Arts and Crafts movement of William Morris and John Ruskin. The first principal – from 1896 to 1900 as co-principal with George Frampton – was the architect William Richard Lethaby, from 1896 until 1912; a blue plaque in his memory was erected in 1957. He was succeeded in 1912 by Fred Burridge. The school was at first housed in Morley Hall, rented from the Regent Street Polytechnic. In 1908 it moved to purpose-built premises in Southampton Row, in the London Borough of Camden. In the same year the Royal Female School of Art, established in 1842, was merged into the school. The Central School of Arts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Pasmore
Edwin John Victor Pasmore, Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour, CH, CBE (3 December 190823 January 1998) was a British artist. He pioneered the development of abstract art in Britain in the 1940s and 1950s. Early life Pasmore was born in Chelsham, Surrey, on 3 December 1908. He studied at Summer Fields School in Oxford and Harrow School, Harrow in west London, but with the death of his father in 1927 he was forced to take an administrative job at the London County Council. He studied painting part-time at the Central School of Art and was associated with the formation of the Euston Road School. After experimenting with abstraction, Pasmore worked for a time in a lyrical figurative style, painting views of the River Thames from Hammersmith much in the style of Joseph Mallord William Turner, Turner and James McNeill Whistler, Whistler. In the Second World War, Pasmore was a conscientious objector. Having been refused recognition by his Local Tribunal, he was called up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Hill (artist)
Anthony Cedric Graham Hill (23 April 1930 – 13 October 2020), also known as Achill Redo, was an English painter, relief-maker, and mathematician. He was originally a member of the post-World War II British art movement termed the Constructionist Group whose work was essentially in the international constructivist tradition. Biography His fellow members in this group were Victor Pasmore, Adrian Heath, John Ernest, Kenneth Martin, Mary Martin, Gillian Wise and Stephen Gilbert. Hill was born on 23 April 1930 in London, and studied at the Saint Martin's School of Art and the Central School of Art and Crafts between 1948 and 1951. He began painting in the style of Dada and Surrealism in 1948, but quickly moved on to geometric abstract idioms. He made his first relief in 1954 and abandoned painting for relief-making in 1956. One feature of these reliefs was the use of non-traditional materials such as industrial aluminium and Perspex. His first one-man show of relie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syntactic Art
The Systems Group was a group of British artists working in the constructivist tradition. The group was formed after an inaugural Helsinki exhibition in 1969 entitled ''Systeemi•System''. The exhibition coordinator Jeffrey Steele together with Malcolm Hughes, invited the participating artists to form a group in 1970. The Systems Group had no manifesto and no formal membership; it existed for the purpose of discussion and exhibition rather than direct collaboration. Some group members were influenced by Swiss Concrete artists, including Richard Paul Lohse; some by the Op art of the Groupe de Recherche d'Art Visuel. Others were influenced by the Constructionists: Victor Pasmore, Mary Martin, Kenneth Martin and Anthony Hill. "Above all, they shared a commitment to a non-figurative art that was not abstracted from the appearance of nature but constructed from within and built up of balanced relations of clear, geometric forms." The group disbanded in 1976 following political d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelsea Arts Club
Chelsea Arts Club is a private members' club at 143 Old Church Street in Chelsea, London with a membership of over 4,000, including artists, sculptors, architects, writers, designers, actors, musicians, photographers, and filmmakers. The club was established on 15 November 1890 (in Chelsea), as a rival to the older Arts Club in Mayfair, on the instigation of the artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler, who had been a (sometimes controversial) member of the older club. During its primary events season from September to April, Chelsea Arts Club serves as a host for many functions, from instrumental and choral performances to film nights, literary talks and weekend artist lunches. Exhibitions of Members’ work are held throughout the year. Applicants for membership need to be sponsored by two current Members. The club is located in the former Bolton Lodge, a Grade II listed building on the National Heritage List for England. History Chelsea Arts Club was originally located in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobile (sculpture)
A mobile (, ) is a type of kinetic sculpture constructed to take advantage of the principle of equilibrium. It consists of a number of rods, from which weighted objects or further rods hang. The objects hanging from the rods balance each other, so that the rods remain more or less horizontal. Each rod hangs from only one string, which gives it the freedom to rotate about the string. An ensemble of these balanced parts hang freely in space, by design without coming into contact with each other. Mobiles are popular in the nursery, where they hang over cribs to give infants entertainment and visual stimulation. Mobiles have inspired many composers, including Morton Feldman and Earle Brown who were inspired by Alexander Calder's mobiles to create mobile-like indeterminate pieces. John Cage wrote the music for the short film Works of Calder that focused on Calder's mobiles. Frank Zappa stated that his compositions employ a principle of balance similar to Calder mobiles. Origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stabile (sculpture)
This page describe terms and jargon related to sculpture and sculpting. __NOTOC__ A armature :An armature is an internal frame or skeleton which supports a modelled sculpture. A typical armature for a small sculpture is made of heavy gauge wire, bent and twisted to form the basic shape. Often the armature is designed to leave one or more pins protruding from the base of the finished sculpture to facilitate attaching it to the plinth additive : Is the process by which material is shaped and built up, frequently on an armature, to create the desired image. Traditionally the material used in modeling clay, but plaster is considered a less desirable but also less expensive substitute. Frequently the sculpture created by the additive method is a temporary one, used to create a more permanent version in stone or bronze. assemblage :An assemblage is a sculpture constructed from found objects. Typically an assemblage does not disguise the original objects used, rather it ei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Calder
Alexander "Sandy" Calder (; July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobile (sculpture), mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and his monumental public sculptures. Calder preferred not to analyze his work, saying, "Theories may be all very well for the artist himself, but they shouldn't be broadcast to other people." Early life Alexander "Sandy" Calder was born in 1898 in Lawnton, Pennsylvania. His birthdate remains a source of confusion. According to Calder's mother, Nanette (née Lederer), Calder was born on August 22, yet his birth certificate at Philadelphia City Hall, based on a hand-written ledger, stated July 22. When Calder's family learned of the birth certificate, they asserted with certainty that city officials had made a mistake. His mother was Jewish and of German descent and his father was Calvinist and of Scottish descent, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artists' International Association
The Artists' International Association (AIA) was an organisation founded in London in 1933 out of discussion among Pearl Binder, Clifford Rowe, Misha Black, James Fitton, James Boswell, James Holland, Edward Ardizzone, Peter Laszlo Peri'Artists International Association', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 201accessed 18 Feb 2020/ref> and Edith Simon. History The first meeting took place in Misha Black's room at Seven Dials. Originally it was called Artists' International, but it added the word ''Association'' to its name when it was reconstituted in 1935. Essentially set up as a radically left political organisation, the AIA embraced all styles of art both modernist and traditional, but the core committee preferenced realism. Its later aim was to promote the "Unity of Artists for Peace, Democracy and Cultural Development". They held a series of large group exhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Constructivists
The British Constructivists, also called the Constructionist Group, or Constructionists, were an informally constituted group of British artists, working in a ''constructivist'' mode, with no formal membership or manifesto. The groups most active period was between 1951 and 1955, when its members exhibited in ten London exhibitions, produced two broadsheets and were involved in the publication of two books on abstract art. Alastair Grieve's book ''Constructed Abstract Art in England: a neglected avant-garde'' is the first to examine the work of this group in detail, followed by Alan Fowler's PhD thesis ''Constructivist Art in Britain 1913 – 2005''. Membership The core members of the Constructionist Group were: *Victor Pasmore (1908–1998) *Mary Martin (1907–1969) * Kenneth Martin (1905–1984) * Anthony Hill (1930–2020) *Adrian Heath (1920–1992) * Robert Adams (1917–1984) Milieu At first, Constructivism "promoted the synthesis of painting, sculpture and architectu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
