John Hoskin

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John Hoskin (born September 8, 1921, died April 2 1990) was a British sculptor. He first began drawing when he returned from Germany after the second world war.^{[citation needed]}He came in contact with Terry Frost, one of the few surviving painters from the St. Ives school, who brought him to pursuing his art.^{[citation needed]}

He began sculpting in the early 1950's, working in metal. He made shiny curved surfaces contrast with the black welded comb of rods that held them, a conflict of geometric and organic forms. He also made abstract figures. {fact}} He soon became one of the most noted younger British sculptors,^{[citation needed]} with successful one-man shows In the 1960's at the Grosvenor and Matthiesen Galleries.

His work can be found in the Tate, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Council collection and various galleries around the world — in America, Yugoslavia, New Zealand and Australia. He refused to allow one style to dominate his sculpture, even though often this alienated him from those who had supported his early work.

He has functioned as head of sculpture at the Bath Academy in Corsham, head of painting at Winchester, visiting lecturer at Newcastle, and Professor of Fine Art at the University of Leicester.^{[citation needed]}