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Bernard Meadows

1915–2005

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Biography

Bernard Meadows (19 February 1915 – 12 January 2005) was a British modernist sculptor. Meadows was Henry Moore's first assistant; then part of the Geometry of Fear school, a loose-knit group of British sculptors whose prominence was established at the 1952 Venice Biennale; a professor of sculpture at the Royal College of Art for 20 years; and returned to assist Moore again in his last years.

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Geometry of Fear

Artworks

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  • Standing Figure

    Bernard Meadows
    1951
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    Bernard Meadows
    1976
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  • Untitled

    Bernard Meadows
    1976
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  • Four Reliefs

    Bernard Meadows
    1958
  • Black Crab

    Bernard Meadows
    1951–2
  • Crab

    Bernard Meadows
    1952
  • Lovers

    Bernard Meadows
    1980
  • Large Flat Bird

    Bernard Meadows
    1957
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  • Letter from Kenneth Armitage to Joan Moore

    Bernard Meadows, recipient: Joan Augusta Monro Moore
    [c.1953–5]
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