Bernard Meadows
b. 1915-2005
Bernard Meadows studied painting at Norich School of Art. A friend introduced him to Henry Moore for whom he worked as an assistant from 1936-9 and 1946-8.
Meadows' first one man show was at Gimpel Fils in 1957. He had initially attracted international attention at the 1952 Venice Biennale where a group of young British sculptors exhibited together in the British Pavillion, among them Armitage, Butler, Chadwick and Paolozzi.
Through his series of sculptures exploring the forms of crabs and later birds, he found his own distinctive style and a way of escaping the influence of Moore. Meadows was not so much interested in animals but as vehicles to portray and represent the human figure.
Bernard Meadows
