Anthony A. Caro
Born 1924
Active: 1937 - 2010
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born New Malden, Surrey. Worked in studio of sculptor, Charles Wheeler, whilst on vacation from Charterhouse School 1937-42. Studied engineering at Christ’s College, Cambridge1942-44, sculpture at Regent St. Polytechnic 1946-47; Royal Academy Schools 1947-52. Fleet Air Arm 1944-46. Assistant to Henry Moore 1951-53. Taught part-time at St. Martin’s School of Art 1953-79. In 1950s, modelled figures and heads in clay and plaster. Visited U.S.A. in 1959, first abstract sculptures in 1960. Awarded Ford Foundation Travel Grant 1959; 1st Paris Biennale Sculpture Prize 1959.
Exhibitions include: Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 1955; Galleria del Naviglio, Milan 1956 (solo); Gimpel Fils 1957 (solo); AC 1957, 58, 60, 61; LCC 60; Sonsbeek, Arnhem 1958; The Religious Theme, Tate Gallery, London 1958; Marlborough New London Gallery 1961; Whitechapel Gallery, London 1963 (solo).
Collections include: Tate Gallery; Arts Council; Aberdeen Art Gallery; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.
Further reading: K. Wilkin, Caro, (Munich: Prestel Verlag, 1992).
G. Carandente, Anthony Caro, (Fabbri Edition, 1992).
B. Robertson, (intro.), Anthony Caro, Sculpture through Five Decades 1955-1995, (Anely Juda Fine Art, London, 8 March – 7 May 1994, (exh. cat.).
D. Waldman, Anthony Caro, (Oxford: Phaidon, 1982).
G. Carandente, Anthony Caro and Twentieth-Century Sculpture, Museum Würth, Verlag, (Künzelsau: Paul Swiridoff, 1999).
Biography from Whiteley (2001)
Works
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Charlotte
1950 (Presumed)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Spring Exhibition of Oil Painting and Sculpture, 1950
Multiple works
Won prize Landseer Scholarships (Royal Academy of Arts), 1884-1950
1949
Two years
Institutional and Business Connections
Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1948 (Presumed) - 1949 (Presumed)
Awarded three prizes in 1948: the 2nd Landseer Prize of £10 and bronze medal, for a model of a design; the 1st Landseer Prize of £20 and silver medal, for a composition in sculpture; the 2nd Landseer Prize of £20 and bronze medal, for two models of a figure from the life. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1948', (1949), p. 26. In 1949, he won a 1st Landseer Prize of £30 and a silver medal, for models of a figure from the life, and a two year Landseer Scholarship for sculpture. See 'Annual Report, 1949', (1950), p. 43.
Personal and Professional Connections
Studio assistant to Charles Thomas Wheeler
1937 - 1942
During vacations
Studio assistant to Henry Spencer Moore
1951 (Circa)
Sources
Directory of sculptors working and exhibiting in Britain in the 1950s, by Gillian Whiteley
2001
pp. 6-7
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Spring Exhibition of Oil Painting and Sculpture, 1950
1950
p. 12.
Citing this record
'Anthony A. Caro', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1210884194, accessed 30 Sep 2023]
