Bryan Kneale

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Bryan Kneale (born June 19, 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]

Born in the island's capital, Douglas,[3] Kneale studied painting at Douglas School of Art, from which he graduated in 1947, and then moved to London, England 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 US, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City includes examples of his work amongst its public collections.[1] He was awarded the Leverhulme Prize in 1952, as well as the Daily Express Young Painters' Prize (1955) and an Arts Council Purchase Award (1969).[4]

Kneale was 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 lives in London.[4]

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  1. ^ a b c Bryan Kneale. Royal West of England Academy. Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
  2. ^ Sculptor supports island museum. BBC News Online (2005-11-15). Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
  3. ^ a b c d e Bryan Kneale. sculpture.org.uk. Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
  4. ^ a b c d Bryan Kneale RA. Royal Academy. Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
  5. ^ Murray, Andy (2006). Into the Unknown: The Fantastic Life of Nigel Kneale (paperback), London: Headpress. ISBN 1-900486-50-4. 
  6. ^ Pixley, Andrew (2005). The Quatermass Collection — Viewing Notes (paperback), London: BBC Worldwide. BBCDVD1478. 
  7. ^ Jack Kine and Bernard Wilkie. (2005). Making Demons (Documentary using archive interview material. Extra feature on The Quatermass Collection set) [DVD]. BBC Worldwide. Retrieved on 2007-02-11.

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