lynn chadwick, born 1914
SCULPTOR
Lynn Russell Chadwick, CBE RA (24 November 1914 – 25 April 2003) was an English sculptor and artist. Much of his work is semi-abstract sculpture in bronze or steel. His work is in the collections of MoMA in New York, the Tate in London and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
In April 1941, having previously been a conscientious objector,Chadwick volunteered to serve in the Fleet Air Arm,[5] and in 1941–1944 he served as a pilot during the Second World War escorting Atlantic convoys. Desiring a better family life and more room to work, Chadwick left London in 1947, eventually settling in the hamlet of Upper Coberley, near Cheltenham. Here he converted outbuildings into a working studio in which he worked on his designs and his first sculptures. In September 1958, Chadwick bought Lypiatt Park, a historic manor house in Gloucestershire. The building is Neo-Gothic in style, with outbuildings and extensions having been added to the house both in 1800 and in 1870. "This place was the same price as a three-bedroom house ... and nobody wanted it, so ... I borrowed the money and came here. It was sort of wonderful, making another room habitable every year". He set up a studio in the medieval chapel where he installed the blacksmith's anvil.
Click below to view his life story, which is the transcript of a National Life Stories interview:
Source: Links to a transcript of an oral interview of Lynn Chadwick at the British Library’s National Life Stories collection.