Geoffrey Clarke 1924-2014
Geoffrey Clarke studied at Preston School of Art from 1940 to 1941 and at Manchester School of Art from 1941 to 1942 before serving in the War with the RAF. He returned to his studying at Lancaster and Morecambe School of Arts and Crafts from 1947 to 1948, before attending the Royal College of Art in 1948, where he remained until 1952. In 1951 he was awarded a Royal College Travelling Scholarship and also received the silver medal at the Milan Triennale for a collaboration with Robin Day, the furniture designer. He returned to the Royal College from 1968 to 1973, where he was Head of Light Transmission and Projection Department.
Clarke's first one-man show was held at Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, in 1952, the same year in which his work was included in the Venice Biennale. In 1965 he had a retrospective at the Redfern Gallery, London and his work was included in 'British Sculpture' in the 1960s exhibition at the Tate Gallery. Similarly, he was selected for 'British Sculptors '72', at the Royal Academy of Arts and for 'British Sculpture in the Twentieth Century', at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1981. Most of Clarke's work is commission-based, cast in a foundry in a barn at his home in Suffolk.
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Geoffrey ClarkeLandscape, Birth of a Flower, 1951Etching: sugar lift, open bite, drypoint21 x 44 cms
8 4/16 x 17 5/16 ins -
Geoffrey ClarkeMan (Complexities of Man), 1951Etching: sugar lift, open bite, drypoint44 x 21 cms
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Geoffrey ClarkePortrait of a WomanIron41 x 28 x 65 cms
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Geoffrey ClarkeTable Top Still LifeIron relief27 x 39 cms
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Geoffrey ClarkeComplexities of Man, 1951Unique iron and stone sculpture135 x 41 x 35 cms
53 2/16 x 16 2/16 x 13 12/16 ins -
Geoffrey ClarkeHead, 1952Iron61 x 16 x 28 cms
24 1/16 x 6 4/16 x 11 1/16 ins -
Geoffrey ClarkeChild With a Ball, 1954Iron relief70 x 47 cms
27 8/16 x 18 8/16 ins
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Special Charity Fundraiser for The Trussell Trust
7 - 30 Dec 2020The Trussell Trust supports a nationwide network of food banks to provide emergency food and support to people locked in poverty, and campaigns for change to end the need for...Read more -
Twentieth Century British Art 2012
6 - 21 Dec 2012Artists whose work is presented include: Frank Auerbach Tony Bevan John Bratby Edward Burra Jake & Dinos Chapman Geoffrey Clarke Prunella Clough John Davies Eric Gill David Hockney Gary Hume...Read more -
Henry Moore and the Geometry of Fear
Robert Adams, Kenneth Armitage, Reg Butler, Lynn Chadwick, Geoffrey Clarke, Bernard Meadows, Henry Moore, Eduardo Paolozzi and William Turnbull 11 Nov 2002 - 1 Jan 2003Exactly fifty years ago this year the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale presented a major exhibition entitled New Aspects of British Sculpture. Outside the pavilion the visitor was greeted...Read more -
Twentieth Century British Paintings and Drawings
1 Aug - 27 Sep 2002Read more
