Gordon Herickx (1900–1953) was an English sculptor. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
Born in Birmingham, Herickx won a scholarship in 1914 to study under William Bloye at the Birmingham School of Art, completing his studies after World War I. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um William James Bloye (1890 - 6 June 1975 was an English sculptor, active in Birmingham either side of World War II. The Birmingham School of Art was a municipal art school based in the centre of Birmingham, England. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All He assisted Bloye on projects such as the 1933 carvings of the church of St. Francis of Assisi, Bournville,[1] and executed his own commissions, such as the carvings around the entrance to the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, from his studio in Moseley. Bournville is a Model village on the south side of Birmingham, England, best known for its connections with the Cadbury family and Chocolate The Barber Institute of Fine Arts is an Art gallery and Concert hall in Birmingham, England. For the British politician and other people with the same surname see Moseley or Mosley. [2] He taught at Walsall College of Art from 1945 until his death.
He worked mainly in cast bronze or carved Hoptonwood or Horton stone, working slowly and destroying work he considered imperfect. Casting is a manufacturing process by which a liquid material is (usually poured into a mold which Bronze is any of a broad range of Copper alloys, usually with Tin as the main additive but sometimes with other elements such as Phosphorus His early pieces included a series of biomorphic abstractions of corn, cyclamen and chestnut bud completed in the 1930s, with later work including a series of figure studies made in the 1950s. Maize (ˈmeɪz ( Zea mays L. ssp mays) known as corn in some countries is a cereal grain domesticated in Mesoamerica Cyclamen is a Genus of 20 Species of Flowering plants traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae, but in recent years Chestnut ( Castanea) (including some chinkapin or Chinquapin) is a Genus of eight or nine Species of Deciduous Aside from Bloye his sculpture showed the influence of Constantin Brâncuşi and Eric Gill. Constantin Brâncuşi, ( February 19, 1876 &ndash March 16, 1957) konstanˈtin brɨnˈkuʃʲ was an internationally renowned Romanian Arthur Eric Rowton Gill ( 22 February 1882 – 17 November 1940) was a British sculptor, typeface designer, [1][3]
Herickx's first solo exhibition was held in London in July 1953, but he died in Birmingham the night after the show's opening. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. A memorial exhibition was held later that year in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (BM&AG ( is an art gallery in Birmingham, England. [1]
Herickx's friends in Birmingham included the surrealist painters Conroy Maddox and John Melville and the poet Louis MacNeice, who included Herickx as the character "Wimbush" in his autobiographical poem Autumn Sequel. Conroy Maddox ( 27 December 1912 &ndash 14 January 2005) was an English Surrealist painter, collagist John Melville ( August 25 1902 - December 8 1986) was an English surrealist artist described by Michel Remy in his book Frederick Louis MacNeice ( September 12 [3]
References
- ^ a b c Noszlopy, George (1998). "Gordon Herickx", Public Sculpture of Birmingham: including Sutton Coldfield, Public Sculpture of Britain. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 0853236925.
- ^ Foster, Andy (2005). Birmingham, Pevsner Architectural Guides. London: Yale University Press, 249. ISBN 0300107315.
- ^ a b Buckman, David (2006). "Gordon Herickx", Artists in Britain Since 1945. Bristol: Art Dictionaries Ltd, 724. ISBN 095326095X.
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