John Davies, Männerkopf, Harz bemalt

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John Davies, Männerkopf, Harz bemalt John Davies, 1946 Chesire, britischer Bildhauer und Maler, hier: Männlicher Kopf mit markanter Gesichtslineatur, Harz bemalt, 23 x 12 cm, montiert auf grau lackierten Holzsockel, Gesamt- H 30 cm, am Boden sign.u.dat. 1987, Von 1963 - 1967 studierte John Davies Malerei an den Colleges of Art in Hull und Manchester und gewann nach zwei Jahren an der Slade School of Fine Art ein Bildhauerstipendium am Gloucester College of Art. 1970 gewann er den Sainsbury Award. Die Tate Gallery besitzt Davies‘ Werk „The Tate’s Young Man“ von 1969-70. Seine ersten Skulpturen wurden 1972 in der Whitechapel Art Gallery gezeigt und erregten wegen ihres verstörenden Realismus Aufmerksamkeit. ("British artist John Davies was born in 1946. A leading figurative sculptor of his generation, he is represented in major public collections around the world. Throughout his career, John Davies has focused on the human head and figure, using a variety of different media. Of his early figures, often cast from life and clothed, he has said, ‘I wanted to make a figure, not like a piece of sculpture, more like a person… I wanted my sculpture to be more like life in the street" ) John Davies, Male head, painted resin John Davies, 1946 Chesire, British sculptor and painter, here: Male head with prominent facial ruler, painted resin, 23 x 12 cm, mounted on grey painted wooden base, overall h 30 cm, at base sign.u.dat. 1987, From 1963 - 1967 John Davies studied painting at the Colleges of Art in Hull and Manchester and after two years at the Slade School of Fine Art won a sculpture scholarship at Gloucester College of Art. In 1970 he won the Sainsbury Award. The Tate Gallery owns Davies' work "The Tate's Young Man" from 1969-70. His first sculptures were shown at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1972 and attracted attention for their disturbing realism. ("British artist John Davies was born in 1946. A leading figurative sculptor of his generation, he is represented in major public collections around the world. Throughout his career, John Davies has focused on the human head and figure, using a variety of different media. Of his early figures, often cast from life and clothed, he has said, 'I wanted to make a figure, not like a piece of sculpture, more like a person... I wanted my sculpture to be more like life in the street' )