| Eduardo Paolozzi CBE, FRA |
| Biography |
| 1924 – 2005 Paolozzi was a Scottish sculptor and artist born in Nottingham in north Edinburgh, the eldest son of Italian immigrants. He studied at the Edinburgh College of Art in 1943, briefly at the St Martin's School of Art in 1944, and then at the Slade School of Art in London from 1944 to 1947, after which he worked in Paris, France. Largely a surrealist, Paolozzi came to public attention in the 1960s by producing a range of striking screenprints. Paolozzi was a founder of the Independent Group, which is seen as a precursor to the '60s British pop art movement. His 1947 collage was a rich man's plaything and is sometimes labelled the first true instance of Pop Art, although he always described his work as surrealist. Latterly he became better known as a sculptor. Paolozzi is known for producing largely lifelike statuary works, but with rectilinear (often cubic) elements added or removed, or the human form deconstructed in a cubist manner. |
| Head Lithograph with hand colouring 1978 ed 40 44x60 poa SOLD |
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| A New Spirit in Painting Lithograph and Silkscreen 1982 ed 50 64x49 £550 framed SOLD |
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