Nicholas Monro
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Nicholas Monro is an English pop art
sculptor, print-maker
and art teacher
. He is notable for being one of the few British pop artists to work in sculpture and is known for his use of fibreglass.
Monro studied art at the Chelsea School of Art from 1958-1961. After graduating he began teaching at Swindon School of Art, then returned to Chelsea School of Art in 1968.
In 1969 he received an Arts Council
Award and was included in the exhibition Pop Art Re-Assessed at the Hayward Gallery
.
His work was included in the 2004 pop art retrospective "Art and the 60s: This Was Tomorrow" at Tate Britain
, and Birmingham Gas Hall
and, in the same year, "British Pop Art 1956-1972" at the .
, Tate Modern
and Wolverhampton Art Gallery
.
Pop art
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art challenged tradition by asserting that an artist's use of the mass-produced visual commodities of popular culture is contiguous with the perspective of fine art...
sculptor, print-maker
Printmaking
Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints with an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting. Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capable...
and art teacher
Art education
Art education is the area of learning that is based upon the visual, tangible arts—drawing, painting, sculpture, and design in jewelry, pottery, weaving, fabrics, etc. and design applied to more practical fields such as commercial graphics and home furnishings...
. He is notable for being one of the few British pop artists to work in sculpture and is known for his use of fibreglass.
Monro studied art at the Chelsea School of Art from 1958-1961. After graduating he began teaching at Swindon School of Art, then returned to Chelsea School of Art in 1968.
In 1969 he received an Arts Council
Arts Council of Great Britain
The Arts Council of Great Britain was a non-departmental public body dedicated to the promotion of the fine arts in Great Britain. The Arts Council of Great Britain was divided in 1994 to form the Arts Council of England , the Scottish Arts Council, and the Arts Council of Wales...
Award and was included in the exhibition Pop Art Re-Assessed at the Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery
The Hayward Gallery is an art gallery within the Southbank Centre, part of an area of major arts venues on the South Bank of the River Thames, in central London, England. It is sited adjacent to the other Southbank Centre buildings and also the Royal National Theatre and British Film Institute...
.
His work was included in the 2004 pop art retrospective "Art and the 60s: This Was Tomorrow" at Tate Britain
Tate Britain
Tate Britain is an art gallery situated on Millbank in London, and part of the Tate gallery network in Britain, with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. It is the oldest gallery in the network, opening in 1897. It houses a substantial collection of the works of J. M. W. Turner.-History:It...
, and Birmingham Gas Hall
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in Birmingham, England.Entrance to the Museum and Art Gallery is free, but some major exhibitions in the Gas Hall incur an entrance fee...
and, in the same year, "British Pop Art 1956-1972" at the .
Public Collections
Monro's works are in the collections of the Berardo Collection MuseumBerardo Collection Museum
The Berardo Collection Museum is a museum of modern and contemporary art in Belém, a district of Lisbon, Portugal.-History:...
, Tate Modern
Tate Modern
Tate Modern is a modern art gallery located in London, England. It is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group . It is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world, with around 4.7 million visitors per year...
and Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Wolverhampton Art Gallery is located in the City of Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands, United Kingdom. The building was funded and constructed by local contractor Philip Horsman , and built on land provided by the Council...
.
Key works
- Money Bags, painted fibreglass (1965)
- Flock of Sheep, painted fibreglass, (1968) - now in a private collection in Wuppertal, Germany
- Statue of King KongKing Kong statueA statue of King Kong by Nicholas Monro was commissioned in 1972 for display in Manzoni Gardens in The Bull Ring, in the centre of Birmingham, England. It was later displayed elsewhere in Birmingham, then in Edinburgh, and is now in Penrith....
, painted fibreglass, (1972) - The Sand Dancers (a statue of Wilson, Keppel and BettyWilson, Keppel and BettyWilson, Keppel and Betty were a popular British music hall act in the middle decades of the 20th century who capitalised on the trend for Egyptian imagery following the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun. Their stage act, called the "sand dance", was a parody of Egyptian postures, combined with...
), made for the Sands Hotel, Edinburgh, now part of the Treadwell Collection. - Bust of Max WallMax WallMax Wall , was an English comedian and actor, whose performing career covered music hall, theatre, films and television.-Early years:...
, painted fibreglass, sold for £6,875 ($11,323) at Christies, London, on 23 August 2011