Norman dilworth biography

Biography.
Norman Dilworth was an English artist, born in Wigan, Lancashire.
Born in 1931 in Wigan, Norman Dilworth showed an early interest in mathematics, but was discouraged by a school prefect, and decided to pursue a career in art.

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Born in 1931 in Wigan, Norman Dilworth showed an early interest in mathematics, but was discouraged by a school prefect, and decided to pursue a career in art. He studied at Wigan School of Art (1948-52), then at the Slade (1952-56), where he was attached to both the painting and sculpture departments, at the suggestion of William Coldstream. Visiting professors and lecturers included Henry Moore, Francis Bacon and Graham Sutherland. He was awarded the prestigious Henry Tonks Prize in 1955, and in the following year, he won the Sunday Times Drawing Prize. In his graduating year, he was awarded a French Government Scholarship, and so moved to Paris to continue his studies, where he befriended Giacometti. His work at this time took the form of paintings and drawings, executed in black and white, depicting geometric shapes that played with the viewer's perception. As such, they became associated with Kinetic Art, and in 1966 he was part of a survey exhibition of this new movement alongside Bridget Riley and Michael Kidner, at the Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry.

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Norman Dilworth

Norman Dilworth is a British Post War and Contemporary artist, with an affinity for mathematics as shown in his geometric sculptures.

He studied at Wigan School of Art and the Slade (1952-1956) where he developed skills in painting and sculpture; in his graduating year, he moved to Paris on a French Government Scholarship to continue his studies and met fellow artist Giacometti. During this period, Dilworth’s black and white geometric works that challenged perception were associated with Kinetic Art and in turn, he went onto to show these paintings and drawings alongside Bridget Riley and Michael Kidner at the Herbert Art Gallery in 1966.

In 1971, Dilworth moved to Amsterdam after a successful show in the Hague. He had moved on from Kinetic work to Constructivist art by producing large freestanding sculptures made of steel rods, painted wood or bronze.

Dilworth spent a lot of his time showing in Germany and the Netherlands; the Stedelijik Museum in Amsterdam staged a farewell exhibition for him prior to his move to Lille.

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Norman Dilworth

English artist (1931-2023)

Norman Dilworth (1931-2023) was an English artist, born in Wigan, Lancashire. His work is systematic, constructivist and concrete. It is mainly exhibited and appreciated in continental Europe, where it is held in many national collections. ^[1]^[2]

Biography

Norman Dilworth was born on 12 January 1931 in Wigan, Lancashire, where he attended Wigan Art School from 1949 to 1952.^[3] From 1952 to 1956 he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, where he won the Tonks Prize in 1955. The following year he was awarded the Drawing Prize by the Sunday Times^[3] and a French Government scholarship to study in Paris from 1956 to 1957,^[3] where he befriended Alberto Giacometti. His work at this time took the form of paintings and drawings in black and white, using geometric forms that played with the viewer's perception.^[1]

During the fifties, Dilworth was an important figure in contemporary art, exhibiting in the Young Contemporaries Exhibitions in 1953, 1954 and 1955 and the J