biography of Anthony CARO (1924-2013)

Personal data

Birth : 03/08/1924 - London, United Kingdom
Death : 10/23/2013
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United Kingdom

Address

London, United Kingdom

Family relations

Husband of Sheila GIRLING [ act.c.1970-c.1990 ]

Education

1947 – 1952 : Royal Academy Schools – Burlington House – London, United Kingdom

Professional data

Work and Life

1961:First painted polychrome sculpture
1960:First abstract sculpture in steel
Was assistant in the studio of Henry Moore

Other professions

1953 – 1981 : Professor
St. Martin’s School of Art – Charing Cross Road – London, United Kingdom

1963 – 1965 : Professor
Bennington College – Visual Arts – Bennington VT, United States

Work

Categorie and medium


Print-Multiple : Lithograph
Sculpture-Volume : Assemblage - Bronze - Metal - Sculpture, wood - Steel - Stone
Drawing-Watercolor : Charcoal - Ink - Pencil

Subject

abstraction/figuration
religion

Works

Barcelona portrait
Date of creation : 1987
Medium : Steel
Size : 7 x 3 x 4 inch
 
Table Piece CCCXC
Date of creation : 1977
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : steel
Size : 92 x 131 x 36 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2005

Galerie Daniel Templon – Paris, France
2005 – 04/15/2005

Rétrospective
Tate Britain – London, United Kingdom
02/26/2005 – 04/17/2005

2004

The Orangery – London, United Kingdom
2004

2003

Sculpture
Greenberg Van Doren – New York NY, United States
11/20/2003 – 12/27/2003

2002

The Barbarians
Mitchell-Innes & Nash – New York NY, United States
11/2002 – 12/2002

Galería Metta – Madrid, Spain
02/2002 – 03/2002

Galerie Hans Mayer – Düsseldorf, Germany
2002

Fundacio Caixa Catalunya – Barcelona, Spain
10/22/2002 – 01/19/2003

L’évolution d’un sculpteur
Musée de Dieppe – Dieppe, France
05/05/2002 – 09/01/2002

1995

Retrospective
MOT Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo – Tokyo, Japan
1995

1975

Retrospective
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1975

1969

Retrospective
Hayward Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1969

1963

Whitechapel Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1963

1957

Gimpel Fils – London, United Kingdom
1957

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Art shows / fairs

2007

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Annely Juda Fine Art Gallery – 23 Dering Street off New Bond Street – London, United Kingdom

ArtBrussels – Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2007 – 04/23/2007
Represented by : Galerie Daniel Templon – 30 rue Beaubourg – Paris, France

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Annely Juda Fine Art Gallery – 23 Dering Street off New Bond Street – London, United Kingdom

2004

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Annely Juda Fine Art Gallery – 23 Dering Street off New Bond Street – London, United Kingdom

ART2004 – The 16th London Contemporary Art Fair
Business Design Centre – London, United Kingdom
01/14/2004 – 01/18/2004
Represented by : Adam Gallery – 35 Ponsonby Terrace – London, United Kingdom

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Bernard Jacobson Gallery – 6 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Annely Juda Fine Art Gallery – 23 Dering Street off New Bond Street – London, United Kingdom

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Bernard Jacobson Gallery – 6 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Crane Kalman Gallery – 178 Brompton Road – London, United Kingdom

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Ameringer & Yohe Fine Art – 20 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Crane Kalman Gallery – 178 Brompton Road – London, United Kingdom

ART2002 – The 14th London Contemporary Art Fair
Business Design Centre – London, United Kingdom
01/16/2002 – 01/20/2002
Represented by : Adam Gallery – 13 John Street – Bath, Avon, United Kingdom

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Annely Juda Fine Art Gallery – 23 Dering Street off New Bond Street – London, United Kingdom

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Art Of This Century – 63 avenue de Breteuil – Paris, France

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Bernard Jacobson Gallery – 6 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Galerie Art Of This Century – 63 avenue de Breteuil – Paris, France

ART2001 – The 13th London Contemporary Art Fair
Business Design Centre – London, United Kingdom
01/17/2001 – 01/21/2001
Represented by : Adam Gallery – 13 John Street – Bath, Avon, United Kingdom

Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Annely Juda Fine Art Gallery – 23 Dering Street off New Bond Street – London, United Kingdom

2000

Art Expo – Fira d’Art de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
05/18/2000 – 05/22/2000
Represented by : Galeria Barcelona – Plaza Dr. Letamendi 34 – Barcelona, Spain

KUNSTKÖLN 2000 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Messegelände Köln-Deutz – Cologne, Germany
04/01/2000 – 04/09/2000
Represented by : Boza Editor – Rambla Cataluna 50 – Barcelona, Spain

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Annely Juda Fine Art Gallery – 23 Dering Street off New Bond Street – London, United Kingdom

The 20th Century British Art Fair
Royal College of Art – London, United Kingdom
09/29/1999 – 10/03/1999
Represented by : Crane Kalman Gallery – 178 Brompton Road – London, United Kingdom

Artpalmbeach – Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
03/10/1999 – 03/15/1999
Represented by : Marlborough Florida – Gallery Center 608 Banyan Trail – Boca Raton FL, United States

1998

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galería Joan Prats – Rambla de Cataluña, 54 – Barcelona, Spain

1990

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Galería Joan Prats – Rambla de Cataluña, 54 – Barcelona, Spain

Group exhibitions

2004

Art in the 60s: This was Tomorrow
Tate Britain – London, United Kingdom
06/30/2004 – 09/26/2004

2003

Sept Lieux – Sept Matières
Hôtel du Département, Centre d’Art Présence Van Gogh, Château de l’Empéri, Galerie du Conseil Général des Bouches du Rhône, Musée de l’Arles Antique – Marseille, France
10/17/2003 – 01/15/2004

The Daimler Chrysler Collection: 100 artists out of more than 60 years
Museum für Neue Kunst – Karlsruhe, Germany
05/24/2003 – 08/31/2003

2002

Kovats, Devereux, Frink, Caro
Yorkshire Sculpture Park – Wakefield, United Kingdom
03/02/2002 – 05/12/2002

1999

d’APERTutto – 48° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
06/13/1999 – 11/07/1999

1988

43° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1988

1984

The British Art Show 2
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
11/02/1984 – 06/30/1985

The British Art Show 2
Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
11/02/1984 – 06/30/1985

The British Art Show 2
Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
11/02/1984 – 06/30/1985

The British Art Show 2
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
11/02/1984 – 06/30/1985

1979

The British Art Show 1
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, United Kingdom
12/01/1979 – 05/24/1980

The British Art Show 1
Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
12/01/1979 – 05/24/1980

The British Art Show 1
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
12/01/1979 – 05/24/1980

1969

Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
1969

1966

Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
06/18/1966 – 10/16/1966

1964

Documenta III
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Alte Galerie – Kassel, Germany
06/27/1964 – 10/05/1964

Bibliography (Selected)

On the artist

Periodicals

2002

Arte y Parte n° 37
Santander, Spain
02/2002-03/2002

ARTnews
New York NY, United States
05/2002

PATRICK Keith – Reviews
in: Contemporary n° 46 p. 84
London, United Kingdom
2002

Legals