Kenneth Armitage

Kenneth Armitage CBE RA ( born July 18, 1916 in Leeds, United Kingdom, † January 22, 2002 in London) was a British sculptor who is known primarily for his bronze sculptures. He has shown his sculptures with predominantly human figures.

Armitage studied from 1934 to 1937 at the College of Art in Leeds, then the Slade School of Fine Art in London. The early work shows influences of Egyptian and Cycladic sculptures as well as from the work of Henry Moore. As early as 1952, he participated in the Venice Biennale. In 1955 he took part in documenta 1 in Kassel.

He won a competition in 1956 for a war memorial in Krefeld. In 1958 he was honored at the 29th Venice Biennale as "the best young British ( under 45jähriger ) Sculptor ". The exhibition will be shown in the following museums in the years 1958 and 1959: Musée d' Art Moderne, Paris, Wallraf -Richartz Museum, Cologne, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Kunsthaus Zurich, and Boymans Museum, Rotterdam. 1959 Armitage was represented at the documenta II and 1964 at the documenta III in Kassel as an artist with his works. 1960, his sculptures were exhibited at the Kestner -Gesellschaft, Hannover, along with sculptures by Lynn Chadwick.

In 1969, Kenneth Armitage of the Queen was named ' Commander of the British Empire '. In 1994 he was appointed a member of the Royal Academy of Arts.

His sculptures are exhibited in major galleries and museums in the world. These include the Tate Gallery in London, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Musee National d' Art Moderne in Paris, the Royal Academy of Arts in London and the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg.

Kenneth Armitage was buried after his death in 2002 in London.