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| DAVID
BACKHOUSE RWA |
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| Date
of Birth: 5 May, 1941 |
| Place:
Corsham, Wilts. |
| Profession:
Sculptor |
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| As
well as being a member of the Royal West of England Academy, David Backhouse
is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and a Fellow
of the Royal Society of Arts. He is a member of The Fountain Society as
well as the Society of Equestrian Artists. |
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| He
has received several prestigious commissions which include 'Dance of
the Centaurs' from The Standard Life Assurance Company for Whiteleys,
Bayswater in London , a large relief panel for J. Sainsbury plc, 'The
Young Mozart' for the Parade Gardens in Bath and 'Cloaked Horseman'
at St Bartholomew's in Bristol City Centre amongst several others. |
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| David
Backhouse has also been invited by The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
to make a portrait head of the celebrated tenor Jose Carreras for their
collection. He has held one man exhibitions in New York, Washington DC,
Dublin, Luxembourg and Granada. In London, he has had successful one man
shows at The Catto Gallery, Hampstead and The Bruton Gallery. |
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Influences on his work which he cites are Greek and Roman sculpture from
the Classical period and Rodin, Modigliani, Reg Butler, Marini, Emilio Greco,
Manzu and Elizabeth Frink from within modernism. |
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| 'My
themes are simple and universal: the interdependence of nature and humanity,
and the search for balance and harmony. ''. |
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