Sir Anthony Caro was born in 1924 and is still going strong as an artist and his newest works are still in keeping with his easily recognisable abstract style. While studying sculpture at the Royal Academy he worked Henry Moore's assistant. He taught at St Martin’s School of Art in London from 1953 to 1981, where he was very influential.
Caro uses a wide range of materials, including steel, bronze, silver, lead, stoneware, wood and paper. He was a sculptor who had a huge impact on 20th century sculpture and changed the future of 3d art.
Fossil Flats 1974, Steel, rusted & varnished (www.anthonycaro.org)
Caro has said that Henry Moore was a father figure and David Smith was a competitor in his early days.
"Sculpture is like cubism" ~ Anthony Caro
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