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Henry Cliffe BIOGRAPHY
1919 Scarborough, Yorkshire - 1983. Known for: Abstract sculpture, painting and printmaking.
Henry Cliffe was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, and studied at the local art school and at Bath Academy of Art. He ran the lithography studio at Bath from 1950 until his retirement in 1981. He was a... Read full biography
Henry Cliffe was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, and studied at the local art school and at Bath Academy of Art. He ran the lithography studio at Bath from 1950 until his retirement in 1981. He was a regular exhibitor in international print exhibitions and in 1960 was one of five artists shown in... Read full biography
Henry Cliffe was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, and studied at the local art school and at Bath Academy of Art. He ran the lithography studio at Bath from 1950 until his retirement in 1981. He was a regular exhibitor in international print exhibitions and in 1960 was one of five artists shown in the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. His early works seemed derived from both Surrealism and the neo-romantic English landscape school of the1940s. Throughout the 1950s Cliffe’s work became... Read full biography
Henry Cliffe was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, and studied at the local art school and at Bath Academy of Art. He ran the lithography studio at Bath from 1950 until his retirement in 1981. He was a regular exhibitor in international print exhibitions and in 1960 was one of five artists shown in the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. His early works seemed derived from both Surrealism and the neo-romantic English landscape school of the1940s. Throughout the 1950s Cliffe’s work became more concerned with the relationship between the human figure and the landscape and in 1959 a suite of lithographs on this theme was published by the St George’s Gallery, London. 2001. Germany, Hildesheim, Roemer- Und Pelizaeue Museum. 1999. Poland,... Read full biography
Henry Cliffe was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, and studied at the local art school and at Bath Academy of Art. He ran the lithography studio at Bath from 1950 until his retirement in 1981. He was a regular exhibitor in international print exhibitions and in 1960 was one of five artists shown in the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. His early works seemed derived from both Surrealism and the neo-romantic English landscape school of the1940s. Throughout the 1950s Cliffe’s work became more concerned with the relationship between the human figure and the landscape and in 1959 a suite of lithographs on this theme was published by the St George’s Gallery, London. 2001. Germany, Hildesheim, Roemer- Und Pelizaeue Museum. 1999. Poland, Bytom, Museum Gornoslaskie. Poland, Lodz, Museum Sztuki... Read full biography
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Henry Cliffe was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, and studied at the local art school and at Bath Academy of Art. He ran the lithography studio at Bath from 1950 until his retirement in 1981.
He was a regular exhibitor in international print exhibitions and in 1960 was one of five artists shown in the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. His early works seemed derived from both Surrealism and the neo-romantic English landscape school of the1940s.
Throughout the 1950s Cliffe’s work became more concerned with the relationship between the human figure and the landscape and in 1959 a suite of lithographs on this theme was published by the St George’s Gallery, London
2001
Germany, Hildesheim, Roemer- Und Pelizaeue Museum
1999
Poland, Bytom, Museum Gornoslaskie
Poland, Lodz, Museum Sztuki
Poland, Warsaw, National Museum
USA, Mary Washington College Galleries
1998
USA, Springfield Museum Of Art
USA, New Jersey, Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers State Univeristy Of New Jersey
1997
USA, Provo, Museum Of Art Brigham Young University
1996
Spain, La Coruna, Fondacion Barrie De La Maza
Spain, Seville, Museo De Bellas Artes
Spain, Bilbao, Museo De Bellas Artes De Bilbao
1995
Cyprus, Nicosia, Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre
Egypt, Cairo, British Council Office - Cairo
Egypt, Alexandria, British Council Office - Alexandria
Italy, Naples, Naples
Italy, Cagliari, Assozione Culturale Italia Inghliterra
1994
Belgium, Antwerp, Luchtbal Art Centre
France, Gravelines, Musee Du Dessin Et D'estample Originale
Touring Exhibition, Touring Exhibition
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Website of British Council: Visual Arts, 2020Biography from Dominic Winter Auctions
Henry Cliffe, painter, print maker and teacher, was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire. During the Second World War he met the artist William Scott, and in 1946 studied painting and lithography at the Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, where he later taught, and was in charge of the lithography studio from 1950 to his retirement in 1981.
He was one of five artists shown in the British Pavilion at the 1960 Venice Biennale. He held his first solo exhibition at the Redfern Gallery in 1956, and an exhibition of his prints was held at the St. George's Gallery in 1959.Biography from Modern Art Auctions
Cliffe studied at Bath Academy, Corsham and his work is included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He represented the UK at the Venice Biennales in 1954 and 1960