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Lynn Chadwick Biography
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1933 - 1939 |
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Trained as an architectural draughtsman
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1941 - 1944 |
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Pilot in Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy
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1947 |
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First mobile shown at Building Trades Exhibition
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1944 - 1949 |
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Returned to work for architect Rodney Thomas, London
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1949 |
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Small mobile for the window of Gimpel Fils, London, as part of a mixed exhibition
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1950 |
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First one-man show at Gimpel Fils, London
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1947 - 1952 |
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Produced textile, furniture and architectural designs
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1953 |
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One of the 12 semi-finalists for The Unknown Political Prisoner International Sculpture Competition
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1956 |
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Won the International Prize for Sculpture, XXVIII Biennale, Venice
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1958 |
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Moved to Lypiatt Park
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1959 |
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Won first prize, III Concorso Internazionale del Bronzetto, Padua
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1961 |
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Exhibited hors concours at VI Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil
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1962 |
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Prize winner at VII Esposizione di Bianco e Nero, Lugano
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1962 |
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Artist in residence for a term at Ontario College of Art, Toronto
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1962 |
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Took part in a sculpture project for Italsider S.p.A, Genoa with Alexander Calder and David Smith for the Festival dei Due Monde, Rome
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1964 |
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Appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (CBE)
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1965 |
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Elected member of the Academia di San Luca, Rome
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1968 |
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Environmental sculpture for Milan Esposizione Triennale
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1988 |
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Invited by the Director of the XLIII Venice Biennale to contribute Back to Venice for a special international sculpture survey
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1988 |
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Appointed to the Order of Andres Bello, First Class, Venezuela
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1993 |
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Created Commandeur, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France
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1995 |
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Created Associate, Academie Royale de Belgique
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1995 |
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Created Honorary Fellow, Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education
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1998 |
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Created Honorary Fellow, Bath Spa University College, Bath
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2001 |
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Elected a Senior Royal Academician, Royal Academy of Arts, London
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2003 |
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25th April died at Lypiatt Park, buried there in the Pinetum
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2004 |
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Awarded the Goldhill Award for Sculpture, Royal Academy of Arts
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Selected Public Collections
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Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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Western Australian Art, Perth, Australia
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Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
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National Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda
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Art Gallery of Hamilton, Canada
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Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada
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Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Nordjyllands Kuntsmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
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Marie-Louise and Gunnar Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki
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Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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Musée Rodin, Paris, France
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Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
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Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv
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Jerusalem Foundation, Jerusalem
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Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
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Galeria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Spoleto, Italy
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Museo d’Arte Moderna, Venice, Italy
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Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
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National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica
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Hakone Open-Air Museum, Hakone, Japan
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Museo Rufino Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo Internacional, Mexico
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Collection of the Principality of Monaco, Monte Carlo
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Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, The Netherlands
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Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, Norway
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Instituto de Artes Contemporaneas, Lima, Peru
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The Berardo Collection, Lisbon, Portugal
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South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
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City Museums and Gallery, Birmingham
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City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol
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National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
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Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
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Arts Council of Great Britain, London
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Contemporary Art Society, London
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Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
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Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
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Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection, New York
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Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvannia
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Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
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Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
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Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofia Imber, Caracas
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2007
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Lynn Chadwick: Prints and Maquettes, Gallery Pangolin, Gloucestershire (solo)
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2006
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Beaux Arts, London (solo)
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2006
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Osborne Samuel, London (solo)
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2005
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Celebrating Chadwick, The Museum in the Park, Gloucestershire (solo)
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2004
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Canary Wharf, Osborne Samuel Gallery, London (solo)
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2004
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Lynn Chadwick 1914 - 2003, Dexia, Luxembourg curated by Gallery Pangolin (solo)
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2003
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Coming from the Dark, Gallery Pangolin, Gloucestershire (solo)
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2003
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Tate Britain, Duveen Galleries, London (solo)
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2002
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Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Palm Desert, California (solo)
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2002
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Tasende Gallery, Los Angeles, California (solo)
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2001
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Beaux Arts, London (solo)
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2001
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JGM Galerie, Paris (solo)
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1999
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Beaux Arts, London (solo)
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1996
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Gimpel Fils and Berkeley Square Gallery, London (solo)
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1996
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Symbols for ’51, The Royal Festival Hall, London
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1996
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Les Champs de la Sculpture, Champs Elyseés, Paris
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1994
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A Changing World of Sculpture from the British Council Collection, The State Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
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1994
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Beaux Arts, Bath (solo)
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1993
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Galeria Freites, Caracas (solo)
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1993
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The Economist Plaza, London (solo)
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1992
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Gallery Universe, Tokyo (solo)
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1992
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Galleria Blu, Milan (solo)
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1992
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Galerie Marbeau, Paris (solo)
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1991
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Marlborough Gallery, New York (solo)
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1991
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The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama (solo)
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1991
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield (solo)
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1990
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Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Sofia Imber, Caracas (solo)
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1989
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Marlborough Fine Art, London (solo)
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1989
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Marlborough Gallery, New York (solo)
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1988
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Galeria Freites, Caracas (solo)
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1988
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Modern British Sculpture from the Collection, Tate Gallery, Liverpool
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1987
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Erika Meyerovich Gallery, San Francisco (solo)
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1986
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British Embassy, sponsored by Christie’s Contemporary Art (solo)
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1986
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Beaux Arts, Bath (solo)
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1986
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Galleria Blu, Milan (solo)
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1985
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Marlborough Gallery, New York (solo)
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1985
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Recalling the Fifties: British Painting and Sculpture 1950-60, Serpentine Gallery, London
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1984
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Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
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1984
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Marlborough Fine Art, London (solo)
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1983
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Mercury Gallery, Edinburgh (solo)
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1982
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Christie’s Contemporary Art, New York (with Victor Pasmore)
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1981
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British Sculpture in the Twentieth Century, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
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1980
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Galerie Regards, Paris (solo)
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1979
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Keys Gallery, Londonderry (solo)
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1978
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Marlborough Fine Art, London (solo)
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1977
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A Silver Jubilee Exhibition of Contemporary British Sculpture, Battersea Park, London
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1977
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Carved, Modelled, Constructed: three aspects of British 20th century sculpture, Tate Gallery, London
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1975
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Arte Contacto Galeria de Arte, Caracas (in collaboration with Marlborough Gallery, New York) (solo)
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1975
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Sculpture in Holland Park, London
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1974
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Marlborough Fine Art, London (solo)
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1974
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Jiyugaoka Gallery, Tokyo (solo)
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1972
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Galleria Blu, Milan (solo)
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1971
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Galeria Wspólczesna, Warsaw (solo)
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1971
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IVème Exposition Internationale de Sculpture Contemporaine, Musée Rodin, Paris
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1969
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Galerie Withofs, Brussels (solo)
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1968
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Galleria Blu, Milan (solo)
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1966
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Marlborough New London Gallery (solo)
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1966
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Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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1965
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British Sculpture in the Sixties, Tate Gallery, London
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1965
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Sculptures from Albert A. List Family Collection, New York Art Center
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1964
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Contemporary British Sculpture (Arts Council open-air touring exhibition)
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1964
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Exhibition of Venice Biennale Prizewinners since 1948, Galeria d’Arte Moderne, Venice
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1963
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Sculpture in the Open Air (London County Council exhibition), Battersea Park, London
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1963
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Galleria Blu, Milan (with Kenneth Armitage)
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1962
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Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, Japan (with Kenneth Armitage)
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1962
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British Art Today, San Francisco Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Contemporary Arts, Santa Barbara Museum of Art
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1961
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2ème Exposition Internationale de Sculpture Contemporaine, Musée Rodin, Paris
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1961
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Peter Lanyon, William Scott, Lynn Chadwick, Merlyn Evans, VI Biennale de São Paulo, Museo de Arte Moderna (solo)
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1961
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Marlborough Fine Art, London (solo)
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1960
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Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover (with Kenneth Armitage)
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1959
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John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 2, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
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1958
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50 Ans d’Art Moderne, Palais International des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
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1958
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Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris (solo)
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1957
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Saidenberg Gallery, New York (solo)
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1957
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Contemporary Art – Acquisitions 1954-1957, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
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1957
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Sculpture 1850 and 1950, Holland Park, London
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1956
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The Seasons, Tate Gallery, London
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1956
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Exposition Internationale de Sculpture Contemporaine, Musée Rodin, Paris
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1956
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XXVIII Biennale, Venice (with Ivon Hitchens)
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1955
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Young British Sculptors (touring exhibition by the Arts Club of Chicago)
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1955
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54th London Group, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
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1954
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Sculpture in the Open Air, Holland Park, London
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1953
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The Unknown Political Prisoner (sponsored by the Institute for Contemporary Arts), Tate Gallery, London
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1953
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IXème Salon de Mai, Palais de New York, Paris
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1953
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2ème Biennale de la Sculpture, Middelheim Park, Antwerp
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1952
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New Aspects of British Sculpture, XXXVI Biennale, Venice
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1952
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Gimpel Fils, London (solo)
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1951
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Festival of Britain, South Bank, London
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1950
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Gimpel Fils, London (solo)
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| Literature |
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Lynn Chadwick, in Artists of Our Time, Herbert Read, Künstler Unserer Zeit, IV, Bodensee-Verlag, Amriswil, Switzerland, 2nd edn. 1960
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Lynn Chadwick, Judith Collins; Intro. by Eva Chadwick, Ruder Finn Press Inc, New York, 2006
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Lynn Chadwick,Dennis Farr, Tate, London, 2004
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Lynn Chadwick, Osborne Samuel, London, 2004
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Chadwick, Edward Lucie- Smith, Lypiatt Studio, 1997
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Lynn Chadwick, Dennis Farr, Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Kyoto & Hakone Open-Air Museum; 1991
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Lynn Chadwick, Sculpture 1951-1991, Andrew Causey, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 1991
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Lynn Chadwick. Sculptor. A Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-1988, Dennis Farr & Eva Chadwick, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1990
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Lynn Chadwick: The Sculptor and His World, Nico Koster & Paul Levine, SMD Informatief Spruyyt, Van Mantgem & De Does, Leiden, 1988
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Lynn Chadwick, in Art in Progress, Alan Bowness, Methuen, London, 1962
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Chadwick, in Modern Sculptors, Josef Paul Hodin Zwemmer, London, 1961
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