John Ernest
He was born in Philadelphia in 1922. After living and working in Sweden and Paris from 1946 to 1951, he moved to London, where he lived and worked from 1951. During the 1950s, Ernest exhibited with the British Constructivist (a.k.a.
John Ernest
- Born
- 1922 · Philadelphia.
- Died
- 1994 · Exeter.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- sculptor · artist · painter
- Education
- Saint Martin's School of Art
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He was born in Philadelphia in 1922. After living and working in Sweden and Paris from 1946 to 1951, he moved to London, where he lived and worked from 1951. During the 1950s, Ernest exhibited with the British Constructivist (a.k.a.
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Constructionist) art movement. Ernest later became a core member of the Systems Group. Ernest created both reliefs and free standing constructions. Several of his works are held at Tate Britain, including the Moebius Strip sculpture. He designed both a tower and a large wall relief at the International Union of Architects congress, South Bank, London, in 1961. The exhibition structure also housed works by several of the other British Constructivists. Ernest had a lifelong fascination with mathematics that is reflected in his work and, together with constructivist artist Anthony Hill, made contributions to graph theory, studying crossing numbers of complete graphs. Ernest was an atheist.
John Ernest studied at Saint Martin's School of Art. Work by John Ernest is recorded in the collections of Tate.
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1922
John Ernest was born in 1922 at Philadelphia.
1994
John Ernest died in 1994 at Exeter.
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