Mitchell-Innes & Nash

Anthony Caro

Biography

Anthony Caro Biography

1924
Anthony Caro born in Surrey, England.

1951-53
Caro works as an assistant to sculptor Henry Moore.

1953-81
Teaches at St. Martin's School of Art in London. Students over the years include Richard Deacon, Gilbert & George and Richard Long.

1959
Awarded prize for sculpture at first Paris Biennale. Encounters critic Clement Greenberg in London. Travels to U.S., where he meets sculptor David Smith and painters Kenneth Noland, Robert Motherwell, and Helen Frankenthaler.

1960-61
Caro returns to London and begins making his first abstract sculptures in steel, starting with Twenty-Four Hours. Creates his first polychrome sculpture.

1963
Large one-man exhibition of abstract sculptures at Whitechapel Art Gallery in London.

1963-65
Teaches at Bennington College in Vermont alongside other faculty members Jules Olitski and Paul Feeley. Resumes contact with Kenneth Noland and David Smith, who live nearby. Exhibitions at Tate Gallery, London and Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington DC.

1966
Exhibits at the Venice Biennale, where he wins David E. Bright Foundation Prize.

1967-69
Exhibitions at Rijksmuseum Kröller Müller, Otterlo, Holland and at Hayward Gallery, London.

1975
Mid-career retrospective at Museum of Modern Art, New York.

1976
Presented with key to the City of New York by Mayor Abraham Beame.

1982
Helps to organize the first Triangle Workshop for painters and sculptors at Pine Plains, NY. Caro runs the Triangle workshop until 1991, each year providing a working environment for 30 artists from around the world.

1987
Knighted by the Queen of England.

1992
Retrospective exhibition in the ancient Trajan Market, Rome.

1994-95
Exhibitions to celebrate the artist's 70th birthday in London, New York, Chicago and Baltimore.

1995
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo holds Caro's largest retrospective to date, with 113 works.

1998
Caro is awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center. With Caro: Sculpture from Painting, Caro becomes the only contemporary sculptor ever to have a solo exhibition at London's National Gallery.

1999
The Last Judgement, a monumental 25-part sculpture made in response to the atrocities of the 20th century, is exhibited at the Venice Biennale.

2000
Caro is awarded the Order of Merit by the Queen of England, a prestigious award in recognition of eminent service in the armed forces, arts, or sciences, extended to only 24 people at one time.

Oct. 2002
Two exhibitions in Barcelona: The Last Judgement and Drawing in Space: Sculptures from 1964 to 1988.

Nov. 2002
Debut of new series, The Barbarians, at Mitchell-Innes & Nash in New York

Mar. 2003
The Barbarians on view at Annely Juda Fine Art, London, together with Europa and the Bull.

2003
A selection of Emma sculptures and related later work shown at the Frederik Meijer Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, touring to the Meadows Museum, Dallas.

2004 Anthony Caro's 80th birthday marked by exhibitions at Kenwood House, London and Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany.

2005 Tate Britain retrospective opens January 26th.

2006 The Barbarians travel to IVAM, Valencia, to mark the awarding of the International Julio Gonzàles Award of the Generalitat Valenciana

2007 Exhibition at Galleri Weinberger in Copenhagen and showing of sculptured portraits at the National Portrait Gallery, London

New galvanized work shown at Mitchell-Innes & Nash New York and Annely Juda Fine Art, London

2008 Anthony Caro portraits at National Portrait Gallery, London

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

1963
Whitechapel Gallery, London

1975
Museum of Modern Art, New York

1991
Sculpture into Architecture, The Tate, London

1992
Trajan Markets, Rome

1995
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Tate Britain, London

1998
Sculpture into Painting, National Gallery, London

1999
The Last Judgement, Venice Biennale

2005
Tate Britain Retrospective

2006
The Barbarians travel to IVAM, Valencia, to mark the awarding of the International Julio Gonzàles Award of the Generalitat Valenciana

2007
Exhibition at Galleri Weinberger in Copenhagen and showing of sculptured portraits at the National Portrait Gallery, London

New galvanized work shown at Mitchell-Innes & Nash New York and Annely Juda Fine Art, London

2008
Anthony Caro portraits at National Portrait Gallery, London

2011
Anthony Caro on the Roof, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

2012
New Small Bronzes, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
Anthony Caro at Chatsworth House Trust and Roche Court Sculpture Park, Derbyshire, UK

SELECTED AWARDS & HONORS
1987
Knighted
1992
Praemium Imperiale for Sculpture in Tokyo
1997
Lifetime Achievement Award for Sculpture
2000
Order of Merit

Honorary degrees from universities in the UK, USA and Europe

Artist Publications

ANTHONY CARO - UPRIGHT SCULPTURES
ANTHONY CARO: THE BARBARIANS - NOVEMBER 1 - DECEMBER 20, 2002
ANTHONY CARO - GALVANISED SCULPTURES
ANTHONY CARO - PAINTED SCULPTURE
MATERIAL

Artist Exhibitions

Anthony Caro - Painted Sculpture - January 6 - February 26, 2005
Anthony Caro - The Barbarians - November 1 - December 20, 2002
Anthony Caro - New Galvanised Steel Sculptures - October 18 - November 21, 2007
Summer Exhibition -
Anthony Caro - Upright Sculptures - November 4 - December 11, 2010
Anthony Caro - New Small Bronzes - March 1 - April 5, 2012

Artist Images

Kettle Drum
2006
Steel and cast iron, galvanized and painted
77 by 87 by 53 in. 195.6 by 221 by 134.6 cm.


Table Piece CIX
1972
Steel, painted slate grey
19 by 42 by 24 in. 48.3 by 106.7 by 61 cm.


Rondo
1966-1976
Steel, painted white, forest green and brick red
47 by 103 by 26 in. 119.5 by 262 by 66 cm.


Table Piece CCCXLV
1977
Steel, rusted and varnished
19 by 47 by 24 in. 48.3 by 119.4 by 61 cm.


Index
1970
Painted steel, unique
47 5/8 by 55 1/8 by 2 in. 121 by 140 by 91.5 cm.


Emma This
1977
Steel, rusted, blackened and painted red
59 by 102 by 73 in. 149.9 by 259.1 by 185.4 cm.



Table Piece Y-94 "Glacier"
1987-88
Steel, rusted and varnished, unique
34 1/16 by 92 7/8 by 40 in. 86.5 by 236 by 101.5 cm.


Up Landscape
2009
Steel
99 1/4 by 76 by 44 in. 252 by 193 by 112 cm.


Blazon
1987-90
Steel painted red, unique
139 by 113 by 59 in. 353 by 287 by 150 cm.


Bearing
1967
Steel, painted green, unique
18 by 138 by 49 in. 45.7 by 350.5 by 124.5 cm.


Cleeve
1965
Red painted steel, unique
33 by 91 3/4 by 9 in. 83.8 by 233 by 22.9 cm.


Eyeline
2004
Cast iron and steel, galvanized, unique
12 1/2 by 8 by 18 in. 32 by 20 by 46 cm.


Half-Tangent
1980
Bronze, unique
19 by 45 1/2 by 34 in. 48.2 by 115.5 by 86.4 cm.

















NORBERT SCHWONTKOWSKI
Der grosse Hunger, 2006
Oil on canvas
12 by 16 in. 30.5 by 40.6 cm., $7,500


NORBERT SCHWONTKOWSKI
Prahistorische, 2005
Oil on canvas
19 7/8 by 23 3/4 in. 50.5 by 60.3 cm., $12,500


NORBERT SCHWONTKOWSKI
Heidedorf, 2005
Oil on canvas
12 by 15 7/8 in. 30.5 by 40.3 cm., $8,000


NORBERT SCHWONTKOWSKI
Selbsportrait als Schwarzhaaringe, 2005
Oil on canvas
23 5/8 by 19 3/4 in. 60 by 50.2 cm., $12,500


NORBERT SCHWONTKOWSKI
Thuringer Wald, 2006
Oil on canvas
16 by 12 in. 40.6 by 30.5 cm., $8,000


NORBERT SCHWONTKOWSKI
Spiegelschrift, 2006
Oil on canvas
11 7/8 by 15 7/8 in. 30.2 by 40.3 cm., $8,000


NORBERT SCHWONTKOWSKI
Fensterbank, 2006
Oil on canvas
16 by 12 in. 40.6 by 30.5 cm., $8,000


Cadence
1968-72
Steel, painted yellow
49 1/2 by 224 1/2 by 198 in. 125.7 by 570.2 by 502.9 cm.


South Passage
2005
Steel, galvanized and painted, unique
91 by 136 by 68 in. 231 by 346 by 173 cm.


Caliper
1976/1977
Steel, rusted and varnished, unique
40 by 46 by 29 1/8 in. 101.5 by 117 by 74 cm.


Table Piece CCCXIX
1976/77
Steel, rusted and varnished
22 by 79 1/2 by 14 1/2 in. 55.9 by 201.9 by 36.8 cm.


Table Piece Z-31
1980-81
Steel, rusted and varnished, unique
18 1/2 by 22 by 22 1/2 in. 47 by 56 by 57 cm.


Up the Ante
2009
Steel
117 by 53 1/4 by 32 in. 297 by 135 by 81 cm.


End Up
2010
Steel
72 by 90 1/4 by 62 1/4 in. 183 by 229 by 158 cm.


Up A Note
2008/2009
Steel, rusted and jarrah wood
95 1/4 by 78 3/4 by 52 3/4 in. 242 by 200 by 134 cm.


Orangerie
1969 - 70
Welded steel, painted
88 5/8 by 82 1/4 by 68 in. 225.1 by 208.9 by 172.7 cm