Nigel Henderson (artist)

Nigel Henderson (artist)

Nigel Henderson (1 April 1917 to 15 May 1985)[1] was an artist and photographer.

He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art[2]. In the early 1950s he was a member of the Independent Group[3], and taught at the Central School of Art with Anthony Froshaug, Edward Wright and Eduardo Paolozzi[4]. He took part in the exhibition This is Tomorrow at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1956.[5]

Nigel Henderson's work was included in the 1990 Institute of Contemporary Arts exhibition The Independent Group: Postwar Britain and the Aesthetics of Plenty.[6]

References

  1. ^ http://www.invaluable.com/artist/henderson-nigel-vfbngpsnah
  2. ^ Nigel Henderson: Paintings Collages & Photographs, Anthony D'Offay, London, 1977
  3. ^ http://www.independentgroup.org.uk/contributors/index.html
  4. ^ Edward Wright, ‘The Elm Tree’, Edward Wright Graphic Work and Painting, Arts Council, London, 1985
  5. ^ Victoria Walsh, Nigel Henderson: Parallel of Life and Art, Thames & Hudson, London, 2001
  6. ^ David Robbins (editor), The Independent Group: Postwar Britain and the Aesthetics of Plenty, The MIT Press, London, 1990

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