* Nicholas Monro - (born 1936)

Sculptor and teacher, born in London. He studied at Chelsea School of Art, 1958-61, then taught at Swindon School of Art, 1963-8, and Chelsea. Specialised in the life-size figure, modelled and cast in fibreglass. They were realistic and witty, and featured Morris Dancers and the comedian Max Wall. A year after his first one-man show at Robert Fraser Gallery, in 1968, Monro received an Arts Council Award, then in 1972 he was featured in Peter Stuyvesant Sculpture Project, in Birmingham, under commission. Monro's work early found favour in Germany, and his shows in that country included Galerie Thelen, at Essen, in 1969. Further British exhibitions included Waddingtom Galleries, City Art Gallery in Bristol and Felicity Samuel Gallery. Southampton City Art Gallery holds his work. Lived for some years at Newbury, Berkshire.

[The Dictionary of Artists in Britain Since 1945 by David Buckman (1998)]

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