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Museums page for Leon Underwood ((1890 - 1975)), known for Nude figure drawing, abstact figure sculpture, illustration, etching. Showing 4 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1890 London, England - 1975 London, England. Known for: Nude figure drawing, abstact figure sculpture, illustration, etching.
George Claude Leon Underwood (25 December 1890 – 9 October 1975), known primarily as Leon Underwood, was a British artist, although primarily known as a sculptor, printmaker and painter, he was also... Read full biography
George Claude Leon Underwood (25 December 1890 – 9 October 1975), known primarily as Leon Underwood, was a British artist, although primarily known as a sculptor, printmaker and painter, he was also an influential teacher and promoter of African art. His travels in Mexico and West Africa had a... Read full biography
George Claude Leon Underwood (25 December 1890 – 9 October 1975), known primarily as Leon Underwood, was a British artist, although primarily known as a sculptor, printmaker and painter, he was also an influential teacher and promoter of African art. His travels in Mexico and West Africa had a substantial influence on his art, particularly on the representation of the human figure in his sculptures and paintings. Underwood is best known for his sculptures cast in bronze, carvings in marble,... Read full biography
George Claude Leon Underwood (25 December 1890 – 9 October 1975), known primarily as Leon Underwood, was a British artist, although primarily known as a sculptor, printmaker and painter, he was also an influential teacher and promoter of African art. His travels in Mexico and West Africa had a substantial influence on his art, particularly on the representation of the human figure in his sculptures and paintings. Underwood is best known for his sculptures cast in bronze, carvings in marble, stone and wood and his drawings. His lifetime's work includes a wide range of media and activities, with an expressive and technical mastery. Underwood did not hold modernism* and abstraction* in art in high regard and this led to critics often ignoring... Read full biography
George Claude Leon Underwood (25 December 1890 – 9 October 1975), known primarily as Leon Underwood, was a British artist, although primarily known as a sculptor, printmaker and painter, he was also an influential teacher and promoter of African art. His travels in Mexico and West Africa had a substantial influence on his art, particularly on the representation of the human figure in his sculptures and paintings. Underwood is best known for his sculptures cast in bronze, carvings in marble, stone and wood and his drawings. His lifetime's work includes a wide range of media and activities, with an expressive and technical mastery. Underwood did not hold modernism* and abstraction* in art in high regard and this led to critics often ignoring his work until the 1960s when he came to be viewed as an important figure in the development of modern sculpture in Britain. Underwood... Read full biography
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About Leon Underwood: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (4)
All MuseumsThe Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The Courtauld Gallery
Somerset House
Strand
London, United KingdomVictoria and Albert Museum (V&A)
Cromwell Road
South Kensington
London, United Kingdom