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Leon Underwood

Leon Underwood (1890 - 1975) was active/lived in United Kingdom, United States, England.  Leon Underwood is known for Nude figure drawing, abstact figure sculpture, illustration, etching.

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George Claude Leon Underwood (25 December 1890 – 9 October 1975), known primarily as Leon Underwood, was a British artist, although primarily known as a sculptor, printmaker and painter, he was also an influential teacher and promoter of African art. His travels in Mexico and West Africa had a substantial influence on his art, particularly on the representation of the human figure in his sculptures and paintings.

Underwood is best known for his sculptures cast in bronze, carvings in marble, stone and wood and his drawings. His lifetime's work includes a wide range of media and activities, with an expressive and technical mastery. Underwood did not hold modernism* and abstraction* in art in high regard and this led to critics often ignoring his work until the 1960s when he came to be viewed as an important figure in the development of modern sculpture in Britain.

Underwood was born in the west London suburb of Shepherd's Bush. He was the eldest of the three sons of George   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 10968 characters.]  Artist bio

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SUNGIRL , 1937

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NEGRO RHYTHM: HARLEM, NY , circa 1934

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The Sculptor , 1938-49

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The Dance of Salome (Dancer) , 1924

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WATER-RHYTHM , 1957

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Figure , 1933

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