Nigel Henderson (artist)

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Nigel Henderson (1 April 1917 to 15 May 1985)[1] was an artist and photographer.

He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art.[2] In the early 1950s he was a member of the Independent Group,[3] and taught at the Central School of Art with Anthony Froshaug, Edward Wright and Eduardo Paolozzi.[4] He took part in the exhibition This is Tomorrow at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1956.[5]

In 1954 he moved with his family to the village of Thorpe-le-Soken in Essex. Together with Eduardo Paolozzi he established Hammer Prints Limited, a design company producing wallpapers, textiles and ceramics that were initially manufactured at Landermere Wharf.

Nigel Henderson's work was included in the 1990 Institute of Contemporary Arts exhibition The Independent Group: Postwar Britain and the Aesthetics of Plenty.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.invaluable.com/artist/henderson-nigel-vfbngpsnah
  2. ↑ Nigel Henderson: Paintings Collages & Photographs, Anthony D'Offay, London, 1977
  3. ↑ http://www.independentgroup.org.uk/contributors/index.html
  4. ↑ Edward Wright, ‘The Elm Tree’, Edward Wright Graphic Work and Painting, Arts Council, London, 1985
  5. ↑ Victoria Walsh, Nigel Henderson: Parallel of Life and Art, Thames & Hudson, London, 2001
  6. ↑ David Robbins (editor), The Independent Group: Postwar Britain and the Aesthetics of Plenty, The MIT Press, London, 1990

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