1924-1959

Anthony Caro and Henry Moore, about 1952 © the artist, Barford Sculptures Ltd

• Born 8 March in New Malden, Surrey.

• Attends Charterhouse school, Surrey.

• Reads engineering at Christ's College, University of Cambridge; obtains an MA.
  
  
• Studies sculpture at Farnham School of Art during vacations.

• Serves in Fleet Air Arm of Royal Navy as an Air Engineer Officer.

• Attends Regent Street Polytechnic and studies sculpture.

• Attends Royal Academy Schools in London.

• Marries Sheila Girling, a painter and a fellow student at the Royal Academy Schools.

• First son Timothy is born.
  
  
• Caro begins work as Henry Moore’s part-time assistant.

Caro's garage studio in Hampstead, 1955 © the artist, Barford Sculptures Ltd

• Starts teaching part-time at St Martin’s School of Art, London.

• Moves family to North London and sets up studio in his one-car garage.

• First solo exhibition at Galleria del Naviglio, Milan.

• First solo exhibition in London held at Gimpel Fils.

• Second son, Paul, is born.

• Awarded the Sculpture Prize at the First Paris Biennale for Young Artists.
  
  
• Clement Greenberg visits his studio and their conversation prompts Caro to experiment with non-figurative sculpture.