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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