Robert Adams

1917–1984

Robert Adams, ‘Space Construction with a Spiral’ 1950
Space Construction with a Spiral 1950
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Biography

Robert Adams (5 October 1917 – 5 April 1984) was an English sculptor and designer. Whilst not widely known outside of artistic circles, he was nonetheless regarded as one of the foremost sculptors of his generation. In a critical review of a retrospective mounted by the Gimpel Fils gallery in London in 1993, Brian Glasser of Time Out magazine described Adams as "the neglected genius of post-war British sculpture", a sentiment echoed by Tim Hilton in the Sunday Independent, who ranked Adams' work above that of his contemporaries, Ken Armitage, Reg Butler, Lynn Chadwick and Bernard Meadows.

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Artworks

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Robert Adams, ‘Space Construction with a Spiral’ 1950

Robert Adams Space Construction with a Spiral

1950
Robert Adams, ‘Whiteprint’ 1971

Robert Adams Whiteprint

1971
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Robert Adams, ‘Figure’ 1949

Robert Adams Figure

1949
Robert Adams, ‘Screen I’ 1962–3

Robert Adams Screen I

1962–3
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Robert Adams, ‘Large Screen Form No. 2’ 1962

Robert Adams Large Screen Form No. 2

1962
Robert Adams, ‘Screen II’ 1962–3

Robert Adams Screen II

1962–3
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Robert Adams, ‘Untitled’ 1975

Robert Adams Untitled

1975
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Robert Adams, ‘Screen Form’ 1973

Robert Adams Screen Form

1973
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Features

Robert Adams, ‘Whiteprint’ 1971
Art Term

Embossed

An embossed surface is a raised or depressed surface created during printmaking processes

Plan of the Group Ten Pavilion in This is Tomorrow 1956
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Sketches, letters, etc.

Robert Adams, ‘Nine studies, in green ink with black outlines and shading, of abstract standing figures’ [c.1949–51]

Robert Adams Nine studies, in green ink with black outlines and shading, of abstract standing figures

[c.1949–51]
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Robert Adams, ‘Five studies for abstract, skeletal, standing figures’ [c.1949–51]

Robert Adams Five studies for abstract, skeletal, standing figures

[c.1949–51]
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Robert Adams, ‘Sketchbook [studies of carved and welded sculptures]’ [c.1952–7]

Robert Adams Sketchbook [studies of carved and welded sculptures]

[c.1952–7]
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Robert Adams, ‘Northampton Sketchbook 3’ [c.1947]

Robert Adams Northampton Sketchbook 3

[c.1947]
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