
Anthony Caro
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 12 years ago |
Date of birth | March 8,1924 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | New Malden |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | October 23,2013 |
Died | London |
United Kingdom | |
On view | The Hepworth Wakefield |
The Museum of Modern Art | |
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | |
Tate Britain | |
Periods | Abstract art |
Contemporary art | |
Modernism | |
Known for | Sculpture |
Drawing | |
Sculpture, drawing | |
Awards | Knight |
Order of Merit | |
Praemium Imperiale | |
Spouse | Sheila Girling |
Education | Regent Street Polytechnic |
Royal Academy of Arts | |
Charterhouse School | |
Works | Twenty Four Hours |
Movement | abstract art |
Spous | Sheila Girling |
Children | Tim Caro |
Paul Caro | |
Period by artworks | Abstract art |
Modernism | |
Current partner | Sheila Girling |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 422884 |
Anthony Caro Life story
Sir Anthony Alfred Caro OM CBE was an English abstract sculptor whose work is characterised by assemblages of metal using 'found' industrial objects. He began as a member of the modernist school, having worked with Henry Moore early in his career. He was lauded as the greatest British sculptor of his generation.