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Artist Michael
Sandle Title Ich Sah ein Ross das war Feurig Rot Date 1980's object Painting Media watercolour and ink Size 96.5 x 147.5cm Ref 958 A kind gift from the Arnolfini Collection Trust in 2005 Other websites featuring this artist's work www.tate.org.uk/ www.sculpture.org.uk Ich Sah ein Ross das war Feurig Rot Michael Sandle was born in Weymouth, Dorset, in 1936. Bewteen 1951-54 he studied at the Douglas School of Art on the Isle of Man and thereafter did his then mandatory two years National Service in the North of England. Sandle studied printmaking at the Slade School of Art, where he was tuitored by Lucian Freud and Claude Rogers between 1956-59. After winning a scholarsgip travelling grant, he travelled in Europe for a while of before returning to teach at various art schools followed during the 1960s. Sandle lived in Canada during the early 1970's and teaching in Calgary and Vancouver. In 1973 he moved to the then West Germany where he has been Professor of Sculpture at the Akadenmie der Bildenden Kunste, Karlsruhe, since 1980. he has taught at Pforzheim and was a member of the faculty of engraving at the British School in Rome from 1976-82 though Karlsruhe remained his base and home. Michael Sandle has exhibited all over the world, his A Twentieth Century Memorial (1971-78) being an iconic anti-war statement and typical thematically of the work that has made this Sculptor so popular with public and critics alike. Sandle has also undertaken many commissions, often of a commemorative nature, including the Memorial of the Victims of a Helicopter Disaster, Mannheim in 1985 and the project for the Malta Siege Memorial completed in 1993. Though elected Royal Academician in 1989, he resigned in 1998 in protest to the 'Sensation' exhibition. He became Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1994. Michael Sandle has works in International collections around the world. Further Reading: The Sculpture of Michael Sandle, John McEwan, Lund Humphries Ltd, London, 2002; ISBN-10: 0853318174 back |
