Nicholas Monro
British artist (1936–2022)
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Nicholas Monro (1936[1] – 2022)[2] was an English pop art sculptor, print-maker and art teacher.[3] He is known for being one of the few British pop artists to work in sculpture[3] and is known for his use of fibreglass.[3]
- Sculptor
- Print-maker
- Art teacher
Nicholas Monro | |
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| Born | 1936 |
| Died | 2022 (aged 85–86) |
| Alma mater | Chelsea School of Art |
| Occupations |
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| Employer | Chelsea School of Art |
| Style | Pop art |
Life and work
Monro studied art at the Chelsea School of Art[3] from 1958 to 1961.[1] After graduating he began teaching at Swindon School of Art,[3] then returned to Chelsea School of Art in 1968.[3]
In 1969 he received an Arts Council Award[4] and was included in the exhibition Pop Art Re-Assessed at the Hayward Gallery.[4]
In the early 1970s, he had a studio at Hungerford.[5]
His work was included in the 2004 pop art retrospective "Art and the 60s: This Was Tomorrow" at Tate Britain,[1] and Birmingham Gas Hall[6] and, in the same year, "British Pop Art 1956–1972" at the Galleria Civica di Modena.[3]
Public collections
Monro's works are in the collections of the Berardo Collection Museum, Tate Modern and Wolverhampton Art Gallery.[3]
Key works
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- Money Bags, painted fibreglass (1965)[7]
- Flock of Sheep, painted fibreglass, (1968) – now in a private collection in Wuppertal, Germany[8]
- Statue of King Kong, painted fibreglass, (1972)[9]
- The Sand Dancers (a statue of Wilson, Keppel and Betty), made for the Sands Hotel, Edinburgh, now part of the Treadwell Collection.[10]
- Bust of Max Wall, painted fibreglass, sold for £6,875 ($11,323) at Christie's, London, on 23 August 2011[11]
- Statue of Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise, in painted fibreglass, commissioned in 1977 by the Arts Council, this statue was to form part of the British Genius exhibition at Battersea Park, London[12]