| Art Auction 2010 - Michael Kidner RA |
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Square and Circle 3(Signed Photo Etching, 1982, 46cm x 59cm, 18.5" x 23.5")
Michael Kidner RA (1917-2009) was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, in 1917. He read history and anthropology at Cambridge University (1936-39) and landscape architecture at Ohio State University, USA (1940-41). In 1953, after serving for five years in the Canadian army, he took up painting full-time, living in Paris until 1955. As an artist, Kidner was self-taught. His distinctive style was formed after he came under the influence of the American Expressionists. He was a pioneer in the Op Art movement. A significant one-man show was held at the Serpentine Gallery, London, in 1984, introducing a whole generation to his work. Elected as a Royal Academician in 2004, Michael Kidner was also a leading sculptor and printmaker and has worked with computer generated images. In many of his two- and three-dimensional works he used a colour-coded pattern which distorts the viewer’s typical habits of perception. His art is represented in some of the best public collections in Britain, Europe, Scandinavia, Australia and the United States. Website: Royal Academy entry on Michael Kidner |
