Bryan Kneale
Bryan Kneale RA (born 19 June 1930[1]) is a Manx artist and sculptor, described by BBC News Online as "one of the Isle of Man's best known artists."[2]
[edit] Biography
Born in the island's capital, Douglas,[3] Kneale studied painting at the Douglas School of Art, from which he graduated in 1947, and then moved to London, to study at the Royal Academy Schools.[4] In 1948 he won the Rome Prize and spent some time living in Italy.[3] During the 1950s he learned welding, and in 1960 took to sculpture in preference to painting, and became a teacher.[3]
He has taught at Hornsey College of Art and Design, and from 1963 until his retirement from teaching in 1995 he taught sculpture at the Royal College of Art.[4] He was also Master and later Professor of Sculpture at the Royal Academy between 1982 and 1990.[1] In addition to his teaching, numerous exhibitions of his own painting and sculpture work have been held since 1953,[3] and his works are displayed in countries such as Australia, Brazil, New Zealand and the United States.[3] In the USA, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City includes examples of his work amongst its public collections.[1]
He was awarded a Leverhulme Trust Prize in 1952, as well as the Daily Express Young Painters' Prize (1955) and an Arts Council Purchase Award (1969).[4] In 1970 he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy, and a full Academician in 1974.
Kneale is the younger brother of the screenwriter Nigel Kneale (1922–2006),[5] best known for his Quatermass television serials. Kneale illustrated the covers for Penguin Books' releases of his elder brother's Quatermass scripts in 1960.[6] He was also responsible for a painting of a lobster from which BBC special effects designers Bernard Wilkie and Jack Kine drew their inspiration for the Martian creatures they constructed for Quatermass and the Pit (1958–59).[7]
He currently lives in London.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Bryan Kneale". Royal West of England Academy. http://www.rwa.org.uk/kneale.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
- ^ "Sculptor supports island museum". BBC News Online. 2005-11-15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/isle_of_man/4439116.stm. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
- ^ a b c d e "Bryan Kneale". sculpture.org.uk. http://www.sculpture.org.uk/biography/BryanKneale. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
- ^ a b c d "Bryan Kneale RA". Royal Academy. http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/academicians/sculptors/bryan-kneale-ra,112,AR.html. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
- ^ Murray, Andy (2006) (paperback). Into the Unknown: The Fantastic Life of Nigel Kneale. London: Headpress. ISBN 1-900486-50-4.
- ^ Pixley, Andrew (2005) (paperback). The Quatermass Collection — Viewing Notes. London: BBC Worldwide. BBCDVD1478.
- ^ Jack Kine and Bernard Wilkie (2005) (Documentary using archive interview material. Extra feature on The Quatermass Collection set). Making Demons (DVD). BBC Worldwide.
[edit] External links
- Bryan Kneale at the Isle of Man Government.
- Bryan Kneale at ArtCyclopedia.com.
- Bryan Kneale at sculpture.org.uk
- Bryan Kneale at hartgallery.co.uk
