Name Hubert Dalwood | ||
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Died 1976, London, United Kingdom | ||
Hubert Cyril "Nibs" Dalwood ARA (2 June 1924 – 2 November 1976) was a British sculptor.
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Life
Dalwood was born on 2 June 1924 at 78 Whiteladies Road, Clifton, Bristol. He was apprenticed to the Bristol Aeroplane Company (1940–44), and attended the Bristol School of Art part-time. After national service in the Royal Navy, he studied at Bath Academy of Art. He was a teacher of sculpture at several institutions over the years. He married Mary Nicolson and they had two daughters. They divorced in 1963 and he married Caroline Gaunt, who produced two sons. They divorced in 1974. He died 2 November 1976 in St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
Artwork
In 1959 he won first prize at the John Moores exhibition in Liverpool for his ovoid Large Object and won the David Bright prize at the 1962 Venice Biennale. From 1959 to 1962 he was engaged on a commission to construct a large cast aluminium relief mural (6.4 x 6.1 m) for the new Bodington Hall student accommodation complex at the University of Leeds. The significance of this work was considered such that the building was scheduled Grade II listed on grounds that he was a leading sculptor; it represented his first large scale output in his great period, and its high aesthetic quality. When the Hall was demolished, the mural was transferred to another University of Leeds building.
Selected works
