'Study for the International Brigade Memorial' David Backhouse b.1941

Circa 1983
Height 33.00 cm [1 ft 1 ins]

Width 19.00 cm [0 ft 7 ins]

Depth 25.50 cm [0 ft 10 ins]
Ј4,600.00

GBP - Pound Sterling
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Bronze

Signed in the cast Backhouse

Circa 1983

Unique



Provenance

The Rt Hon. The Lord Hattersley





David Backhouse b. 1941

David studied Sculpture at The West of England

College of Art under Ernest Pascoe, then in the

1970s set up a studio in Spain spending time travelling

through Europe carving out portrait commissions. On

his return he held four one-man exhibitions at the

Orangery in Holland Park ‘as a Sculptor and designer

my work stems from a tradition of sculpture set within

architectural environments. By drawing on the qualities

of both subject matter and setting, I aim to maximise

the aesthetic and symbolic impact of the whole’. David

continues to exhibit at the Royal Academy Summer

Shows and has held solo exhibitions in the USA ,

Europe and in London at the Catto Gallery, Albany

Gallery, Marjorie Parr Gallery and the Bruton Gallery

Somerset. ? Here in these works we see three sides

of one artist. The Study for the International Brigade

Memorial Competition as a powerful evocation of the

‘enduring theme of human experience’, contrasting

with a delicate vignette of ‘Girl with Stockings’ and

‘Phoenix’ a modernist blast coupled with an ‘in the

moment’ exploration of a sculptural idea expressed in

the accompanying drawing. ‘The themes are simple and

universal: the interdependence of nature and humanity,

and the search for balance and harmony. My sculptures

are meditations on the human and animal condition

in the modern world, reflecting loss and tragedy,

hope and delight, and above all tenacity of spirit.’

? David’s most well-known work is the ‘Animals in

War’ Memorial, Park Lane, London. Other public works

include; ‘Cloaked Horseman’ St Bartholomew’s, Bristol,

‘Centaurs’ Whiteleys, London, ‘The Stream of Life’

Telford, ‘Dolphin Family’ London Docklands and ‘Young

Mozart’ Parade Gardens, Bath. David is a Fellow of the

Royal British Society of Sculptors and Royal Society

of Arts, a Royal West of England Academician and a

Member of The Society of Portrait Sculptors.