Edward Allington
Edward Thomas Allington (24 June 1951 – 21 September 2017) was a British artist and sculptor, best known for his part in the 1980s New British Sculpture movement.
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- Birth Name
- Edward Thomas Allington
- Born
- 24 June 1951
- Birthplace
- Troutbeck Bridge, Westmorland
- Died
- 21 September 2017
- Training
- Lancaster College of Art, Central School of Art and Design, Royal College of Art
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- painter · sculptor
- Fields
- visual arts · art of sculpture
- Education
- Royal College of Art · Central School of Art and Design · Slade School of Fine Art
- Languages
- English
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Edward Thomas Allington (24 June 1951 – 21 September 2017) was a British artist and sculptor, best known for his part in the 1980s New British Sculpture movement.
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Edward Allington studied at Royal College of Art, Central School of Art and Design and Slade School of Fine Art. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is visual arts and art of sculpture. Employment is recorded with Slade School of Fine Art. Work by Edward Allington is recorded in the collections of Tate.
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• Birth Name — Edward Thomas Allington • Born — 24 June 1951 • Birthplace — Troutbeck Bridge, Westmorland • Died — 21 September 2017 • Training — Lancaster College of Art, Central School of Art and Design, Royal College of Art • Website — http: www.edwardallington.com/
Biography
Biography
Born at Troutbeck Bridge, Westmorland, to Ralph Allington and his wife, Evelyn, Allington studied at Lancaster College of Art from 1968 to 1971, at the Central School of Art and Design in London from 1971 to 1974 and at the Royal College of Art from 1983 to 1984. He was a fellow at Exeter College of Art and Design 1975–77. He won the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition Prize in 1989, was Gregory Fellow in Sculpture at University of Leeds 1991–93 and Research Fellow in Sculpture at Manchester Metropolitan University in 1993. He received a fine art award to work at the British School at Rome in 1997. His work was included in the group exhibition 'Objects and Sculpture' at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1981 and 'The Sculpture Show' at The Hayward Gallery 1983. He exhibited widely in America, Japan and Europe. Allington's work was influenced by his interest in the classical world of Greece and Rome and often included references to architectural details and ancient artefacts. His illusionistic drawings were often created on found ledgers and used oblique projection. He exhibited in museums and art galleries throughout the world and is represented in major national and international collections. Allington lived and worked in London and was a Professor and Head of Graduate Sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London.
Public works
Public works
• Fallender Tempel (Falling Temple), ca. 1990, Saarbrücken, Römerbrücke Power Plant • Fallen Pediment (Piano) 1994 Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, West Sussex • The Tilted Vase 1998 Ramsbottom Greater Manchester • Three Doors, One Entrance 1999 Milton Keynes Theatre foyer. Milton Keynes • Cochlea 2000 Jesus College, Cambridge • The Algorithm 2005 University College Hospital, London
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Major collections
• Illustration — Edward Allington's sculpture Tilted Vase in Ramsbottom • Illustration — One Unforgiving Minute, Manchester Art Gallery • The Tate Gallery • The Victoria and Albert Museum • The Irish Museum of Modern Art • The Nagoya Prefectural Museum, Japan • Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds
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- 1.EDWARD ALLINGTON 24 June 1951 – 21 September 2017.
- 2.Edward Allington (1951 – ).
- 3.Volley, Jo. Edward Allington obituary. The Guardian. 2017-11-06.
- 4.Henry Meyric Hughes (2002). Blast to freeze: British art in the 20th century. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz; New York: Distributed Art Publishers. . p. 328. Retrieved August 2013.
- 5.Edward Allington | 21ST CENTURY BRITISH SCULPTURE
- 6.Edward Allington.
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- 8.art49.com – Exhibitions Calendar for modern and contemporary art in London
- 9.University College London. The Slade School of Fine Art: Prof Edward Allington. 2013.
- 10.Tate Collection | Ideal Standard Forms by Edward Allington
- 11.EnergieSaarLorLuix: Heizkraftwerk Römerbrücke – die Kunst am Bau
- 12.sculpture.org.uk. Fallen Pediment (Piano) by Edward Allington | CASS Sculpture Foundation. 2013.
- 13.Wyke, Terry. Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester. Liverpool University Press. 265. 2004. 0-85323-567-8.
- 14.Public Monument and Sculpture Association Dead link. Tilted Vase. August 2019.
- 15.Artpoint: Projects
- 16.UCLH Internet – New developments – New University College Hospital – Slade art programme
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