Reginald Cotterell Butler was an English sculptor. He studied and lectured at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London from 1937 to 1939. He was a conscientious objector during the Second World War, being exempted from military service conditional upon setting up a small blacksmith business repairing farm implements.

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  • Reginald Cotterell Butler was an English sculptor. He studied and lectured at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London from 1937 to 1939. He was a conscientious objector during the Second World War, being exempted from military service conditional upon setting up a small blacksmith business repairing farm implements. After winning the 'Unknown Political Prisoner' competition in 1953 he became one of the best known sculptors during the 1950's and 1960's, and taught at the Slade School of Art. His later work is sometimes derided and consists of lifelike models of female figures, such as Girl on a Round Base, that have something in common with Hans Bellmer and the sculpture of Allen Jones and prefigure the work of Ron Mueck. Today many of his works are held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Tate Gallery in London.
  • Reginald Cotterell Butler war ein britischer Bildhauer, der der Bildhauerei nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg neue Impulse gab.
  • Reginald Cotterell Butler oli brittiläinen kuvanveistäjä. Hän tuli tunnetuksi voittaessaan 1953 kilpailun Länsi-Berliiniin suunnitellusta tuntematonta poliittista vankia esittävästä muistomerkistä. Hänen teoksensa oli kevyistä metalliosista koottuja rakennelmia. Myöhemmin hän teki naturalistisempia veistoksia. Hänen teoksiaan on MoMassa New Yorkissa ja Tate Galleryssa Lontoossa.
  • La sua carriera subì una svolta con la vittoria ottenuta al concorso di scultura patrocinato dall'Institute of Contemporary Arts londinese nel 1953; in questa occasione lo scultore presentò un bozzetto del monumento dedicato al Prigioniero Politico Ignoto. Il bozzetto e i relativi disegni oltre ad alcuni modelli vennero presentati l'anno seguente alla Biennale di Venezia. L'opera fu caratterizzata dalla evidenziazione delle tre figure chiave contemplanti verso coordinate significative avvolte da un simbolico reticolato. Grazie alla notorietà ottenuta con le sue opere divenne insegnante alla Slade School of Art. Tra le sue opere più recenti si annoverarono le Donne in piedi e gli Studi per la grande Torre che lo traghettarono verso elementi simbolici, geniali, ironici. La sua tematica ricorrente fu la presentazione di figure femminili come la Ragazza su una base rotonda cariche di umorismo che evidenziarono una vena creativa in comune con Hans Bellmer e Allen Jones. Molte opere di Reg Butler sono presenti nel Museum of Modern Art di New York e la Tate Gallery di Londra.
  • Reginald Cotterell Butler was een Engelse beeldhouwer, die het beeldhouwen in Engeland na de Tweede Wereldoorlog een nieuwe impuls heeft gegeven.
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  • Reginald Cotterell Butler was an English sculptor. He studied and lectured at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London from 1937 to 1939. He was a conscientious objector during the Second World War, being exempted from military service conditional upon setting up a small blacksmith business repairing farm implements.
  • Reginald Cotterell Butler war ein britischer Bildhauer, der der Bildhauerei nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg neue Impulse gab.
  • Reginald Cotterell Butler oli brittiläinen kuvanveistäjä. Hän tuli tunnetuksi voittaessaan 1953 kilpailun Länsi-Berliiniin suunnitellusta tuntematonta poliittista vankia esittävästä muistomerkistä. Hänen teoksensa oli kevyistä metalliosista koottuja rakennelmia. Myöhemmin hän teki naturalistisempia veistoksia. Hänen teoksiaan on MoMassa New Yorkissa ja Tate Galleryssa Lontoossa.
  • La sua carriera subì una svolta con la vittoria ottenuta al concorso di scultura patrocinato dall'Institute of Contemporary Arts londinese nel 1953; in questa occasione lo scultore presentò un bozzetto del monumento dedicato al Prigioniero Politico Ignoto. Il bozzetto e i relativi disegni oltre ad alcuni modelli vennero presentati l'anno seguente alla Biennale di Venezia.
  • Reginald Cotterell Butler was een Engelse beeldhouwer, die het beeldhouwen in Engeland na de Tweede Wereldoorlog een nieuwe impuls heeft gegeven.
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