Nicholas Monro

Nicholas Monro
Born 1936
Nationality English
Alma mater Chelsea School of Art
Occupation
Employer Chelsea School of Art
Style Pop art

Nicholas Monro (born London,[1] 1936[1]) is an English pop art sculptor, print-maker and art teacher.[2] He is notable for being one of the few British pop artists to work in sculpture[2] and is known for his use of fibreglass.[2]

Monro studied art at the Chelsea School of Art[2] from 1958-1961.[1] After graduating he began teaching at Swindon School of Art,[2] then returned to Chelsea School of Art in 1968.[2]

In 1969 he received an Arts Council Award[3] and was included in the exhibition Pop Art Re-Assessed at the Hayward Gallery.[3]

In the early 1970s, he had a studio at Hungerford.[4]

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[5] and, in the same year, "British Pop Art 1956-1972" at the Galleria Civica di Modena.[2]

Public collections

Monro's works are in the collections of the Berardo Collection Museum, Tate Modern and Wolverhampton Art Gallery.[2]

Key works

The repaired and repainted Statue of King Kong, at Penrith, in April 2008

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Nicholas Monro Biography". Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Nicholas MONRO (British, b.1936)". Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  3. 1 2 "University of Warwick Art Collection - Artists - Nicholas Monro". University of Warwick. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  4. ↑ Radio Birmingham interview with Munro, 11 May 1972, transcribed in part in Towers, Alan (July–August 1972). "Birmingham: Nicholas Munro". Studio International 184 (946): 18.
  5. ↑ Chare, Sara (2004-07-05). "Art & The 60s: This Was Tomorrow At Tate Britain". Culture24. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "London in the 60's". Art49. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  7. ↑ "Von der Heydt-Museum zeigt Wuppertaler Sammler der Gegenwart". Musenblätter. Retrieved 22 August 2011. (German)
  8. ↑ Noszlopy, George T. (1998). Public Sculpture of Birmingham including Sutton Coldfield. Public Sculpture of Britain 2. Liverpool University Press. p. 170. ISBN 0-85323-682-8.
  9. ↑ "Nicholas Monro | Treadwells". Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  10. ↑ "Sale 2019, Lot 309". Christie's. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  11. ↑ "The Other Statue". morecambeandwise.com. Retrieved 29 March 2013.

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