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.

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

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.


Slow Passage
2006
Steel, galvanised and painted
94 by 177 by 63 in. 239 by 449.5 by 160 cm.


Chalk Line
2006
Stone and steel, galvanized and painted
49 by 144 by 36 in. 124.5 by 367 by 91.5 cm.


Magnolia Passage
2005-06
Steel and cast iron, galvanised and painted
87 1/2 by 158 by 93 in. 222 by 401 by 236 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.



North of Rome
1989
Painted steel
91 1/2 by 139 3/4 by 102 in. 232.5 by 355 by 259 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 CIX
1972
Steel, painted slate grey
19 by 42 by 24 in. 48.3 by 106.7 by 61 cm.


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