Kenneth Armitage

July 18, 1916 (age 85)

Leeds, United Kingdom

London 1952, 1957, 1962, 1965, New York 1954, 1956, 1958. 1962, Retrospective exhibition Whitechapel Ail Gallery, London 1959, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela 1982; represented at Venice Biennale 1958; Guest Artist, City of Berlin 1967-1969; Hakone Open-Air Sculpture, Japan 1969, one-man exhibition touring Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya 1978; retrospective exhibition, Paris 1985; sculpture Commission, new British Embassy, Brasilia 1985-1986; group exhibitions include Seoul Olympics Sculpture Exhibition 1988, World Expo, Brisbane 1988 and many in America and Europe; wrorks in major public collections throughout the world; David BrightArmitage became head of the sculpture department at the Bath Academy of Art in 1946, a year after completing his military service, and served for a decade. In 1952, he held his first one-man show in London. In 1953, he became Great Britain"s first university artist in residence, at the University of Leeds (to 1956). Armitage was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1969 and was elected to the Royal Academy in 1994. 1960: Kenneth Armitage - Lynn Chadwick, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany During the 1960s and beyond, Armitage adapted to the styles of the times, sometimes incorporating plastic or spray paint.

Kenneth Armitage

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Armitage, Kenneth was born on July 18, 1916 in Leeds, England.

Education

Student, Leeds College of Art, 1938. Student, Slade School. Honorary Doctor, Royal College Art, 1969.

Honorary Doctor, Royal Academy Arts, London, 1994.

Career

London 1952, 1957, 1962, 1965, New York 1954, 1956, 1958. 1962, Retrospective exhibition Whitechapel Ail Gallery, London 1959, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela 1982; represented at Venice Biennale 1958; Guest Artist, City of Berlin 1967-1969; Hakone Open-Air Sculpture, Japan 1969, one-man exhibition touring Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya 1978; retrospective exhibition, Paris 1985; sculpture Commission, new British Embassy, Brasilia 1985-1986; group exhibitions include Seoul Olympics Sculpture Exhibition 1988, World Expo, Brisbane 1988 and many in America and Europe; wrorks in major public collections throughout the world; David BrightArmitage became head of the sculpture department at the Bath Academy of Art in 1946, a year after completing his military service, and served for a decade. In 1952, he held his first one-man show in London. In 1953, he became Great Britain"s first university artist in residence, at the University of Leeds (to 1956).

Armitage was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1969 and was elected to the Royal Academy in 1994.

1960: Kenneth Armitage - Lynn Chadwick, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany

During the 1960s and beyond, Armitage adapted to the styles of the times, sometimes incorporating plastic or spray paint.

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Kenneth Armitage has been listed as a noteworthy sculptor by Marquis Who's Who.

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